Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба

Illustrative, like the preceding one, of the old Proverb, that Adversity brings a Man acquainted wit

           ‘P’rapsifvunofuswostobrush,withouttroublingtheman,it’udbemoreagreeableforallparties,astheschoolmastersaidwhentheyounggentlemanobjectedtobeingfloggedbythebutler.’

           ‘Andthere’snothingIcansendinmylittleboxtothewasher-woman’s,isthere?’saidSmangle,turningfromSamtoMr.Pickwick,withanairofsomediscomfiture.

           ‘Nothin’whatever,Sir,’retortedSam;‘I’mafeeredthelittleboxmustbechockfullo’yourownasitis.’

           ThisspeechwasaccompaniedwithsuchaveryexpressivelookatthatparticularportionofMr.Smangle’sattire,bytheappearanceofwhichtheskilloflaundressesingettingupgentlemen’slinenisgenerallytested,thathewasfaintoturnuponhisheel,and,forthepresentatanyrate,togiveupalldesignonMr.Pickwick’spurseandwardrobe.Heaccordinglyretiredindudgeontotheracket-ground,wherehemadealightandwhole-somebreakfastonacoupleofthecigarswhichhadbeenpurchasedonthepreviousnight.Mr.Mivins,whowasnosmoker,andwhoseaccountforsmallarticlesofchandleryhadalsoreacheddowntothebottomoftheslate,andbeen‘carriedover’totheotherside,remainedinbed,and,inhisownwords,‘tookitoutinsleep.

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