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Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties

           

           Thisvirtuousresolutionhadscarcelybeenformed,whentheboyandthebluebag,whowereinseparablecompanions,rushedviolentlyintotheroom,andsaid(atleasttheboydid,forthebluebagtooknopartintheannouncement)thatthecasewascomingondirectly.Theintelligencewasnosoonerreceivedthanthewholepartyhurriedacrossthestreet,andbegantofighttheirwayintocourtapreparatoryceremony,whichhasbeencalculatedtooccupy,inordinarycases,fromtwenty-fiveminutestothirty.

           Mr.Weller,beingstout,casthimselfatonceintothecrowd,withthedesperatehopeofultimatelyturningupinsomeplacewhichwouldsuithim.Hissuccesswasnotquiteequaltohisexpectations;forhavingneglectedtotakehishatoff,itwasknockedoverhiseyesbysomeunseenperson,uponwhosetoeshehadalightedwithconsiderableforce.Apparentlythisindividualregrettedhisimpetuosityimmediatelyafterwards,for,mutteringanindistinctexclamationofsurprise,hedraggedtheoldmanoutintothehall,and,afteraviolentstruggle,releasedhisheadandface.

           ‘Samivel!’exclaimedMr.Weller,whenhewasthusenabledtobeholdhisrescuer.

           Samnodded.

           ‘You’readutifulandaffectionatelittleboy,youare,ain’tyou,’saidMr.Weller,‘tocomea-bonnetin’yourfatherinhisoldage?’

           ‘HowshouldIknowwhoyouwos?’respondedtheson.

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