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Some Account of Eatanswill; of the State of Parties therein; and of the Election of a Member to serv

           Therearetwentywashedmenatthestreetdoorforyoutoshakehandswith;andsixchildreninarmsthatyou’retopatonthehead,andinquiretheageof;beparticularaboutthechildren,mydearsirithasalwaysagreateffect,thatsortofthing.’

           ‘I’lltakecare,’saidtheHonourableSamuelSlumkey.

           ‘And,perhaps,mydearSir,’saidthecautiouslittleman,‘perhapsifyoucouldIdon’tmeantosayit’sindispensablebutifyoucouldmanagetokissoneof’em,itwouldproduceaverygreatimpressiononthecrowd.’

           ‘Wouldn’tithaveasgoodaneffectiftheproposerorseconderdidthat?’saidtheHonourableSamuelSlumkey.

           ‘Why,Iamafraiditwouldn’t,’repliedtheagent;‘ifitweredonebyyourself,mydearSir,Ithinkitwouldmakeyouverypopular.’

           ‘Verywell,’saidtheHonourableSamuelSlumkey,witharesignedair,‘thenitmustbedone.That’sall.’

           ‘Arrangetheprocession,’criedthetwentycommittee-men.

           Amidstthecheersoftheassembledthrong,theband,andtheconstables,andthecommittee-men,andthevoters,andthehorsemen,andthecarriages,tooktheirplaceseachofthetwo-horsevehiclesbeingcloselypackedwithasmanygentlemenascouldmanagetostanduprightinit;andthatassignedtoMr.Perker,containingMr.Pickwick,Mr.Tupman,Mr.Snodgrass,andabouthalfadozenofthecommitteebesides.

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