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

           Hedescribeshimselfasbeingsurroundedoneveryside,whenhecouldcatchaglimpseofthescene,byangryandferociouscountenances,byavastcloudofdust,andbyadensecrowdofcombatants.Herepresentshimselfasbeingforcedfromthecarriagebysomeunseenpower,andbeingpersonallyengagedinapugilisticencounter;butwithwhom,orhow,orwhy,heiswhollyunabletostate.Hethenfelthimselfforcedupsomewoodenstepsbythepersonsfrombehind;andonremovinghishat,foundhimselfsurroundedbyhisfriends,intheveryfrontofthelefthandsideofthehustings.TherightwasreservedfortheBuffparty,andthecentreforthemayorandhisofficers;oneofwhomthefatcrierofEatanswillwasringinganenormousbell,bywayofcommandingsilence,whileMr.HoratioFizkin,andtheHonourableSamuelSlumkey,withtheirhandsupontheirhearts,werebowingwiththeutmostaffabilitytothetroubledseaofheadsthatinundatedtheopenspaceinfront;andfromwhencearoseastormofgroans,andshouts,andyells,andhootings,thatwouldhavedonehonourtoanearthquake.

           ‘There’sWinkle,’saidMr.Tupman,pullinghisfriendbythesleeve.

           ‘Where!’saidMr.Pickwick,puttingonhisspectacles,whichhehadfortunatelykeptinhispockethitherto.‘There,’saidMr.Tupman,‘onthetopofthathouse.’Andthere,sureenough,intheleadengutterofatiledroof,wereMr.WinkleandMrs.

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