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Pickwick was being 'wictimised. Finding that it was of no use to discuss the matter further, Sam changed the subject, and inquired what the second topic was, on which his revered parent wished to consult him. 'That's a pint o' domestic policy, Sammy, said Mr. Weller. 'This here Stiggins 'Red-nosed man? inquired Sam. 'The wery same, replied Mr. Weller.
'It may seem wery strange talkin' to me about these here affairs, miss, said Sam, with great vehemence; 'but all I can say is, that I'm not only ready but villin' to do anythin' as'll make matters agreeable; and if chuckin' either o' them sawboneses out o' winder 'ull do it, I'm the man. As Sam Weller said this, he tucked up his wristbands, at the imminent hazard of falling off the wall in so doing, to intimate his readiness to set to work immediately.
I was sent on a errand, and I see him a-sittin under a old buildin with a fire all to himself wery comfortable, and he says, 'Would you like to come along a me, my man? I says 'Yes, and him and me and the fire goes home to Clerkenwell together. That was April Fool Day.
"That's the wust on it; we gets to be sorry for things when it's too late; and I'm wery much afeard, Master Bob, as this here gun'll make the 'Flash' a bit crank." "What's crank?" asked the boy. "What you shore-going folks calls top-heavy; and that either means cutting down her rigging " "No, I won't have the rigging touched," cried Bob.
I'm sorry for it, brother," he added, addressing himself to Hugh; "but you've brought it on yourself; you forced me to do it; you wouldn't respect the soundest constitutional principles, you know; you went and wiolated the wery framework of society." Barnaby and his father were carried off by one road in the centre of a body of foot-soldiers; Hugh, fast bound upon a horse, was taken by another.
"An' I'm fond of glare an' glitter," he remarked, with a glance at his friend. "So am I, Bob, but " At that instant the dinner-bell rang, and the eyes of both glittered they almost glared as they turned and made for the companion-hatch, Bob exclaiming, "Ah, that's the thing that I'm fond of; glare an' glitter's all wery well in its way, but it can't 'old a candle to grub!"
She raised her head and languidly inquired, 'Who's that, and what do you want? 'Hush, said Sam, swinging himself on to the wall, and crouching there in as small a compass as he could reduce himself to, 'only me, miss, only me. 'Mr. Pickwick's servant! said Arabella earnestly. 'The wery same, miss, replied Sam. 'Here's Mr. Vinkle reg'larly sewed up vith desperation, miss.
I only hope you'll take care o' yourselves, and not compromise nothin' o' your dignity, which is a wery charmin' thing to see, when one's out a-walkin', and has always made me wery happy to look at, ever since I was a boy about half as high as the brass-headed stick o' my wery respectable friend, Blazes, there.
Apparently his master's reception of the card had impressed the powdered-headed footman in Sam's favour, for when he came back from delivering it, he smiled in a friendly manner, and said that the answer would be ready directly. 'Wery good, said Sam. 'Tell the old gen'l'm'n not to put himself in a perspiration. No hurry, six-foot. I've had my dinner.
"The dear child has much to say about her mama, who, 'died, a wery, wery long time ago. One little year has she been motherless, and what sweet graphic pictures does she draw of the lost one.
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