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Chapter 19

           "Letusdrink,ThankstoFortune,andmaysheeverpickoutherfavoriteswithequaljudgment!AndyetIcannot,"saidMr.Pumblechook,gettingupagain,"seeaforemeOneandlikewisedrinktoOnewithoutagainexpressingMayI—mayI—?"

           Isaidhemight,andheshookhandswithmeagain,andemptiedhisglassandturneditupsidedown.Ididthesame;andifIhadturnedmyselfupsidedownbeforedrinking,thewinecouldnothavegonemoredirecttomyhead.

           Mr.Pumblechookhelpedmetotheliverwing,andtothebestsliceoftongue(noneofthoseout-of-the-wayNoThoroughfaresofPorknow),andtook,comparativelyspeaking,nocareofhimselfatall."Ah!poultry,poultry!Youlittlethought,"saidMr.Pumblechook,apostrophizingthefowlinthedish,"whenyouwasayoungfledgling,whatwasinstoreforyou.YoulittlethoughtyouwastoberefreshmentbeneaththishumbleroofforoneasCallitaweakness,ifyouwill,"saidMr.Pumblechook,gettingupagain,"butmayI?mayI—?"

           Itbegantobeunnecessarytorepeattheformofsayinghemight,sohediditatonce.Howheeverdiditsooftenwithoutwoundinghimselfwithmyknife,Idon’tknow.

           "Andyoursister,"heresumed,afteralittlesteadyeating,"whichhadthehonorofbringingyouupbyhand!It’sasadpicter,toreflectthatshe’snolongerequaltofullyunderstandingthehonor.May—"

           Isawhewasabouttocomeatmeagain,andIstoppedhim.

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