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Honourably accounts for Mr. Weller’s Absence, by describing a Soiree to which he was invited and wen

           Wellerslowlyreadasfollows

           ‘AselectcompanyoftheBathfootmenpresentstheircomplimentstoMr.Weller,andrequeststhepleasureofhiscompanythisevening,toafriendlyswarry,consistingofaboiledlegofmuttonwiththeusualtrimmings.Theswarrytobeontableathalf-pastnineo’clockpunctually.’

           Thiswasinclosedinanothernote,whichranthus

           ‘Mr.JohnSmauker,thegentlemanwhohadthepleasureofmeetingMr.Welleratthehouseoftheirmutualacquaintance,Mr.Bantam,afewdayssince,begstoincloseMr.Wellertheherewithinvitation.IfMr.WellerwillcallonMr.JohnSmaukeratnineo’clock,Mr.JohnSmaukerwillhavethepleasureofintroducingMr.Weller.

           (Signed)‘JOHNSMAUKER.’

           TheenvelopewasdirectedtoblankWeller,Esq.,atMr.Pickwick’s;andinaparenthesis,inthelefthandcorner,werethewords‘airybell,’asaninstructiontothebearer.

           ‘Vell,’saidSam,‘thisiscomin’itraytherpowerful,thisis.Ineverheerdabiledlego’muttoncalledaswarryafore.Iwonderwotthey’dcallaroastone.’

           However,withoutwaitingtodebatethepoint,SamatoncebetookhimselfintothepresenceofMr.Pickwick,andrequestedleaveofabsenceforthatevening,whichwasreadilygranted.

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