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Relates how Mr. Pickwick, with the Assistance of Samuel Weller, essayed to soften the Heart of Mr. B

           Martin,and,twistinghishandintheneck-clothofthattaciturnservitor,expressedanobligingintentionofchokinghimwherehestood.Thisintention,withapromptitudeoftentheeffectofdesperation,heatoncecommencedcarryingintoexecution,withmuchvigourandsurgicalskill.

           Mr.Martin,whowasamanoffewwordsandpossessedbutlittlepowerofeloquenceorpersuasion,submittedtothisoperationwithaverycalmandagreeableexpressionofcountenance,forsomeseconds;finding,however,thatitthreatenedspeedilytoleadtoaresultwhichwouldplaceitbeyondhispowertoclaimanywages,boardorotherwise,inalltimetocome,hemutteredaninarticulateremonstranceandfelledMr.BenjaminAllentotheground.Asthatgentlemanhadhishandsentangledinhiscravat,hehadnoalternativebuttofollowhimtothefloor.Theretheybothlaystruggling,whentheshopdooropened,andthepartywasincreasedbythearrivaloftwomostunexpectedvisitors,towit,Mr.PickwickandMr.SamuelWeller.

           TheimpressionatonceproducedonMr.Weller’smindbywhathesaw,was,thatMr.MartinwashiredbytheestablishmentofSawyer,lateNockemorf,totakestrongmedicine,ortogointofitsandbeexperimentalisedupon,ortoswallowpoisonnowandthenwiththeviewoftestingtheefficacyofsomenewantidotes,ortodosomethingorothertopromotethegreatscienceofmedicine,andgratifytheardentspiritofinquiryburninginthebosomsofitstwoyoungprofessors.

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