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Is wholly devoted to a full and faithful Report of the memorable Trial of Bardell against Pickwick

           SerjeantBuzfuz.‘Well!TheyspokeinhighpraiseofthehonourableconductofMessrs.DodsonandFogg,theattorneysfortheplaintiff,didthey?’

           ‘Yes,’saidSam,‘theysaidwhatawerygen’rousthingitwaso’themtohavetakenupthecaseonspec,andtochargenothingatallforcosts,unlesstheygot’emoutofMr.Pickwick.’

           Atthisveryunexpectedreply,thespectatorstitteredagain,andDodson&Fogg,turningveryred,leanedovertoSerjeantBuzfuz,andinahurriedmannerwhisperedsomethinginhisear.

           ‘Youarequiteright,’saidSerjeantBuzfuzaloud,withaffectedcomposure.‘It’sperfectlyuseless,myLord,attemptingtogetatanyevidencethroughtheimpenetrablestupidityofthiswitness.Iwillnottroublethecourtbyaskinghimanymorequestions.Standdown,sir.’

           ‘Wouldanyothergen’l’manliketoaskmeanythin’?’inquiredSam,takinguphishat,andlookingroundmostdeliberately.

           ‘NotI,Mr.Weller,thankyou,’saidSerjeantSnubbin,laughing.

           ‘Youmaygodown,sir,’saidSerjeantBuzfuz,wavinghishandimpatiently.Samwentdownaccordingly,afterdoingMessrs.Dodson&Fogg’scaseasmuchharmasheconvenientlycould,andsayingjustaslittlerespectingMr.Pickwickasmightbe,whichwaspreciselytheobjecthehadhadinviewallalong.

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