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Updated: June 4, 2025
Pickwick. 'The very first place we stop at, I'll make a note of them. By this time they had reached the turnpike at Mile End; a profound silence prevailed until they had got two or three miles farther on, when Mr. Weller, senior, turning suddenly to Mr. Pickwick, said 'Wery queer life is a pike-keeper's, sir. 'A what? said Mr. Pickwick. 'A pike-keeper.
'What do you mean by a pike-keeper? inquired Mr. Peter Magnus. 'The old 'un means a turnpike-keeper, gen'l'm'n, observed Mr. Samuel Weller, in explanation. 'Oh, said Mr. Pickwick, 'I see. Yes; very curious life. Very uncomfortable. 'They're all on 'em men as has met vith some disappointment in life, said Mr. Weller, senior. 'Ay, ay, said Mr. Pickwick. 'Yes.
"Be this the vay to Newmarket races?" inquired Jorrocks of the pike-keeper. The man dived into the small pocket of his white apron for a ticket and very coolly replied, "Shell out, old 'un." "How much?" said Jorrocks. "Tuppence," which having got, he said, "Now, then, you may turn, for the heath be over yonder," pointing back, "at least it was there this morning, I know."
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