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A pleasant Day with an unpleasant Termination

           

           Buthereadifficultyarose.Thelonggamekeeperresolutelyprotestedagainsttheintroductionintoashootingparty,ofagentlemaninabarrow,asagrossviolationofallestablishedrulesandprecedents.Itwasagreatobjection,butnotaninsurmountableone.Thegamekeeperhavingbeencoaxedandfeed,andhaving,moreover,easedhismindby‘punching’theheadoftheinventiveyouthwhohadfirstsuggestedtheuseofthemachine,Mr.Pickwickwasplacedinit,andoffthepartyset;Wardleandthelonggamekeeperleadingtheway,andMr.Pickwickinthebarrow,propelledbySam,bringinguptherear.

           ‘Stop,Sam,’saidMr.Pickwick,whentheyhadgothalfacrossthefirstfield.

           ‘What’sthematternow?’saidWardle.

           ‘Iwon’tsufferthisbarrowtobemovedanotherstep,’saidMr.Pickwick,resolutely,‘unlessWinklecarriesthatgunofhisinadifferentmanner.’

           ‘HowAMItocarryit?’saidthewretchedWinkle.‘Carryitwiththemuzzletotheground,’repliedMr.Pickwick.

           ‘It’ssounsportsmanlike,’reasonedWinkle.

           ‘Idon’tcarewhetherit’sunsportsmanlikeornot,’repliedMr.Pickwick;‘Iamnotgoingtobeshotinawheel-barrow,forthesakeofappearances,topleaseanybody.’

           ‘Iknowthegentleman’llputthat‘erechargeintosomebodyaforehe’sdone,’growledthelongman.

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