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The meeting looked at each other with raised eyelids; and a murmur of astonishment ran through the room. 'It's my opinion, sir, said Mr. Stiggins, unbuttoning his coat, and speaking very loudly 'it's my opinion, sir, that this meeting is drunk, sir. Brother Tadger, sir! said Mr.
Raddle insisted that her husband should get up and knock every one of the guests down stairs, while Jack Hopkins offered to go upstairs and "pitch into the landlord." At the Brick Lane meeting, Brother Stiggins, intoxicated, knocked Brother Tadger down the stairs, while old Weller violently assaulted Stiggins.
Weller, purple in the countenance with suppressed laughter. 'Don't say nothin' to me, replied Sam, 'for I can't bear it. He's close to the door. I hear him a-knockin' his head again the lath and plaster now. As Sam Weller spoke, the little door flew open, and Brother Tadger appeared, closely followed by the Reverend Mr.
Stiggins, entertaining a praiseworthy desire to promote the sobriety of the meeting, and to exclude therefrom all improper characters, hit Brother Tadger on the summit of the nose with such unerring aim, that the drab shorts disappeared like a flash of lightning. Brother Tadger had been knocked, head first, down the ladder.
'He may approach, I think, said Mr. Humm, looking round him, with a fat smile. 'Brother Tadger, let him come forth and greet us. The little man in the drab shorts who answered to the name of Brother Tadger, bustled down the ladder with great speed, and was immediately afterwards heard tumbling up with the Reverend Mr. Stiggins. 'He's a-comin', Sammy, whispered Mr.
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