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'Wery fresh, replied Sam; 'me and the two waiters at the Peacock has been a-pumpin' over the independent woters as supped there last night. 'Pumping over independent voters! exclaimed Mr. Pickwick. 'Yes, said his attendant, 'every man slept vere he fell down; we dragged 'em out, one by one, this mornin', and put 'em under the pump, and they're in reg'lar fine order now.
'Not half so strange as a miraculous circumstance as happened to my own father, at an election time, in this wery place, Sir, replied Sam. 'What was that? inquired Mr. Pickwick. 'Why, he drove a coach down here once, said Sam; ''lection time came on, and he was engaged by vun party to bring down woters from London.
Tuff wore diamonds as big as his knuckles. Tuff's scarf was red. Tuff's waistcoat was yellow, and every color known to the spectroscope was employed to make up Tuff's copious trousers. "Well," said Tuff, "I'm on deck." "Thank you, Major. How are things looking?" "Dey couldn't be better. I got t'irty-six tenement houses wid at leas' two hundered woters to de house.
Weller, so in case you should have an accident when you're bringing these here woters down, and should tip 'em over into the canal vithout hurtin' of 'em, this is for yourself," says he. "Gen'l'm'n, you're wery kind," says my father, "and I'll drink your health in another glass of wine," says he; vich he did, and then buttons up the money, and bows himself out.
You won't take it yet! Well, then, I'll tell you what I'll do with you. Come! You are such free and independent woters, and I am so proud of you, you are such a noble and enlightened constituency, and I am so ambitious of the honour and dignity of being your member, which is by far the highest level to which the wings of the human mind can soar, that I'll tell you what I'll do with you.
I say: "Now here, my free and independent woters, I'm a going to give you such a chance as you never had in all your born days, nor yet the days preceding. Now I'll show you what I am a going to do with you.
You wouldn't believe, sir, continued Sam, with a look of inexpressible impudence at his master, 'that on the wery day as he came down with them woters, his coach WAS upset on that 'ere wery spot, and ev'ry man on 'em was turned into the canal. 'And got out again? inquired Mr. Pickwick hastily.
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