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A Field Day and Bivouac — More new Friends — An Invitation to the Country

           

           ‘True,true,’saidthestoutgentleman;‘noonecandenyit.Gentlemen,Ibegyourpardon;thisismyfriendMr.Trundle.Andnowyouallknoweachother,let’sbecomfortableandhappy,andseewhat’sgoingforward;that’swhatIsay.’Sothestoutgentlemanputonhisspectacles,andMr.Pickwickpulledouthisglass,andeverybodystoodupinthecarriage,andlookedoversomebodyelse’sshoulderattheevolutionsofthemilitary.

           Astoundingevolutionstheywere,onerankfiringovertheheadsofanotherrank,andthenrunningaway;andthentheotherrankfiringovertheheadsofanotherrank,andrunningawayintheirturn;andthenformingsquares,withofficersinthecentre;andthendescendingthetrenchononesidewithscaling-ladders,andascendingitontheotheragainbythesamemeans;andknockingdownbarricadesofbaskets,andbehavinginthemostgallantmannerpossible.Thentherewassucharammingdownofthecontentsofenormousgunsonthebattery,withinstrumentslikemagnifiedmops;suchapreparationbeforetheywereletoff,andsuchanawfulnoisewhentheydidgo,thattheairresoundedwiththescreamsofladies.TheyoungMissesWardleweresofrightened,thatMr.Trundlewasactuallyobligedtoholdoneofthemupinthecarriage,whileMr.Snodgrasssupportedtheother;andMr.Wardle’ssistersufferedundersuchadreadfulstateofnervousalarm,thatMr.Tupmanfounditindispensablynecessarytoputhisarmroundherwaist,tokeepherupatall.

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