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Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties

           WelleratoncesoughttheeruditeSolomonPell,andacquaintedhimwithhisdesiretoissueawrit,instantly,fortheSUMoftwenty-fivepounds,andcostsofprocess;tobeexecutedwithoutdelayuponthebodyofoneSamuelWeller;thechargestherebyincurred,tobepaidinadvancetoSolomonPell.

           Theattorneywasinhighglee,fortheembarrassedcoach–horserwasorderedtobedischargedforthwith.HehighlyapprovedofSam’sattachmenttohismaster;declaredthatitstronglyremindedhimofhisownfeelingsofdevotiontohisfriend,theChancellor;andatonceledtheelderMr.WellerdowntotheTemple,tosweartheaffidavitofdebt,whichtheboy,withtheassistanceofthebluebag,haddrawnuponthespot.

           Meanwhile,Sam,havingbeenformallyintroducedtothewhitewashedgentlemanandhisfriends,astheoffspringofMr.Weller,oftheBelleSavage,wastreatedwithmarkeddistinction,andinvitedtoregalehimselfwiththeminhonouroftheoccasionaninvitationwhichhewasbynomeansbackwardinaccepting.

           Themirthofgentlemenofthisclassisofagraveandquietcharacter,usually;butthepresentinstancewasoneofpeculiarfestivity,andtheyrelaxedinproportion.AftersomerathertumultuoustoastingoftheChiefCommissionerandMr.SolomonPell,whohadthatdaydisplayedsuchtranscendentabilities,amottled-facedgentlemaninablueshawlproposedthatsomebodyshouldsingasong.

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