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Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and how an affec

           

           ‘Well,then,hewon’t,’retortedMr.Grundy.Mr.Grundy’spositiverefusaltogratifythecompanyoccasionedanothersilence.‘Won’tanybodyenlivenus?’saidthechairman,despondingly.

           ‘Whydon’tyouenlivenusyourself,Mr.Chairman?’saidayoungmanwithawhisker,asquint,andanopenshirtcollar(dirty),fromthebottomofthetable.

           ‘Hear!hear!’saidthesmokinggentleman,intheMosaicjewellery.

           ‘BecauseIonlyknowonesong,andIhavesungitalready,andit’safineof"glassesround"tosingthesamesongtwiceinanight,’repliedthechairman.

           Thiswasanunanswerablereply,andsilenceprevailedagain.

           ‘Ihavebeento-night,gentlemen,’saidMr.Pickwick,hopingtostartasubjectwhichallthecompanycouldtakeapartindiscussing,‘Ihavebeento-night,inaplacewhichyouallknowverywell,doubtless,butwhichIhavenotbeeninforsomeyears,andknowverylittleof;ImeanGray’sInn,gentlemen.Curiouslittlenooksinagreatplace,likeLondon,theseoldinnsare.’

           ‘ByJove!’saidthechairman,whisperingacrossthetabletoMr.Pickwick,‘youhavehituponsomethingthatoneofus,atleast,wouldtalkuponforever.You’lldrawoldJackBamberout;hewasneverheardtotalkaboutanythingelsebuttheinns,andhehaslivedaloneinthemtillhe’shalfcrazy

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