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The first Day’s Journey, and the first Evening’s Adventures; with their Consequences

           

           WhilethearistocracyoftheplacetheBulders,andClubbers,andSnipeswerethuspreservingtheirdignityattheupperendoftheroom,theotherclassesofsocietywereimitatingtheirexampleinotherpartsofit.Thelessaristocraticofficersofthe97thdevotedthemselvestothefamiliesofthelessimportantfunctionariesfromthedockyard.Thesolicitors’wives,andthewine-merchant’swife,headedanothergrade(thebrewer’swifevisitedtheBulders);andMrs.Tomlinson,thepost-officekeeper,seemedbymutualconsenttohavebeenchosentheleaderofthetradeparty.

           Oneofthemostpopularpersonages,inhisowncircle,present,wasalittlefatman,witharingofuprightblackhairroundhishead,andanextensivebaldplainonthetopofitDoctorSlammer,surgeontothe97th.Thedoctortooksnuffwitheverybody,chattedwitheverybody,laughed,danced,madejokes,playedwhist,dideverything,andwaseverywhere.Tothesepursuits,multifariousastheywere,thelittledoctoraddedamoreimportantonethananyhewasindefatigableinpayingthemostunremittinganddevotedattentiontoalittleoldwidow,whoserichdressandprofusionofornamentbespokeheramostdesirableadditiontoalimitedincome.

           Uponthedoctor,andthewidow,theeyesofbothMr.Tupmanandhiscompanionhadbeenfixedforsometime,whenthestrangerbrokesilence.

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