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           Andifthere’sanynumbero’menontheseherepremisesashassaidso,Ishallbeweryhappytogive’emallaweryconvincingproofo’theirbeingmistaken,inthishereweryroom,iftheseweryrespectableladies‘llhavethegoodnesstoretire,andorder’emup,oneatatime.’Havingdeliveredthisdefiancewithgreatvolubility,Mr.Wellerstruckhisopenpalmemphaticallywithhisclenchedfist,andwinkedpleasantlyonMissTomkins,theintensityofwhosehorrorathissupposingitwithintheboundsofpossibilitythattherecouldbeanymenonthepremisesofWestgateHouseEstablishmentforYoungLadies,itisimpossibletodescribe.

           Mr.Pickwick’sexplanationhavingalreadybeenpartiallymade,wassoonconcluded.Butneitherinthecourseofhiswalkhomewithhisfriends,norafterwardswhenseatedbeforeablazingfireatthesupperhesomuchneeded,couldasingleobservationbedrawnfromhim.Heseemedbewilderedandamazed.Once,andonlyonce,heturnedroundtoMr.Wardle,andsaid

           ‘Howdidyoucomehere?’

           ‘TrundleandIcamedownhere,forsomegoodshootingonthefirst,’repliedWardle.‘Wearrivedto-night,andwereastonishedtohearfromyourservantthatyouwereheretoo.ButIamgladyouare,’saidtheoldfellow,slappinghimontheback—‘Iamgladyouare.Weshallhaveajovialpartyonthefirst,andwe’llgiveWinkleanotherchanceeh,oldboy?’

           Mr.

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