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           Peggottypointedtoacertainparagraphinthenewspaper,whereIreadaloudasfollows,fromthePortMiddlebayTimes:

           ‘Thepublicdinnertoourdistinguishedfellow-colonistandtownsman,WILKINSMICAWBER,ESQUIRE,PortMiddlebayDistrictMagistrate,cameoffyesterdayinthelargeroomoftheHotel,whichwascrowdedtosuffocation.Itisestimatedthatnotfewerthanforty-sevenpersonsmusthavebeenaccommodatedwithdinneratonetime,exclusiveofthecompanyinthepassageandonthestairs.Thebeauty,fashion,andexclusivenessofPortMiddlebay,flockedtodohonourtoonesodeservedlyesteemed,sohighlytalented,andsowidelypopular.DoctorMell(ofColonialSalem-HouseGrammarSchool,PortMiddlebay)presided,andonhisrightsatthedistinguishedguest.Aftertheremovalofthecloth,andthesingingofNonNobis(beautifullyexecuted,andinwhichwewereatnolosstodistinguishthebell-likenotesofthatgiftedamateur,WILKINSMICAWBER,ESQUIRE,JUNIOR),theusualloyalandpatriotictoastswereseverallygivenandrapturouslyreceived.DoctorMell,inaspeechrepletewithfeeling,thenproposed“OurdistinguishedGuest,theornamentofourtown.Mayheneverleaveusbuttobetterhimself,andmayhissuccessamongusbesuchastorenderhisbetteringhimselfimpossible!”Thecheeringwithwhichthetoastwasreceiveddefiesdescription.Againandagainitroseandfell,likethewavesofocean.Atlengthallwashushed,andWILKINSMICAWBER,ESQUIRE,presentedhimselftoreturnthanks.

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