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A pleasant Day with an unpleasant Termination

           Hurrah!’Thentherecameaturnip,thenapotato,andthenanegg;withafewotherlittletokensoftheplayfuldispositionofthemany-headed.

           Howlongthisscenemighthavelasted,orhowmuchMr.Pickwickmighthavesuffered,noonecantell,hadnotacarriage,whichwasdrivingswiftlyby,suddenlypulledup,fromwhencetheredescendedoldWardleandSamWeller,theformerofwhom,infarlesstimethanittakestowriteit,ifnottoreadit,hadmadehiswaytoMr.Pickwick’sside,andplacedhiminthevehicle,justasthelatterhadconcludedthethirdandlastroundofasinglecombatwiththetown-beadle.

           ‘Runtothejustice’s!’criedadozenvoices.

           ‘Ah,runavay,’saidMr.Weller,jumpinguponthebox.‘GivemycomplimentsMr.Veller’scomplimentstothejustice,andtellhimI’vespiledhisbeadle,andthat,ifhe’llswearinanew’un,I’llcomebackagainto-morrowandspilehim.Driveon,oldfeller.’

           ‘I’llgivedirectionsforthecommencementofanactionforfalseimprisonmentagainstthisCaptainBoldwig,directlyIgettoLondon,’saidMr.Pickwick,assoonasthecarriageturnedoutofthetown.

           ‘Weweretrespassing,itseems,’saidWardle.

           ‘Idon’tcare,’saidMr.Pickwick,‘I’llbringtheaction.’

           ‘No,youwon’t,’saidWardle.

           ‘Iwill,by—’ButastherewasahumorousexpressioninWardle’sface,Mr

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