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Smauker, consulting a copper timepiece which dwelt at the bottom of a deep watch-pocket, and was raised to the surface by means of a black string, with a copper key at the other end. 'P'raps we had, replied Sam, 'or they'll overdo the swarry, and that'll spile it. 'Have you drank the waters, Mr. Weller? inquired his companion, as they walked towards High Street. 'Once, replied Sam.
'Smauker, my lad, your fin, said the gentleman with the cocked hat. Mr. Smauker dovetailed the top joint of his right-hand little finger into that of the gentleman with the cocked hat, and said he was charmed to see him looking so well. 'Well, they tell me I am looking pretty blooming, said the man with the cocked hat, 'and it's a wonder, too.
John Smauker and the Bath footmen invited Sam Weller to their "swarry," consisting of a boiled leg of mutton, each guest had some expression of contempt and wrath for the humble little green-grocer who served them, "in the true spirit," Dickens says, "of the very smallest tyranny."
'What did you think of 'em, Sir? 'I thought they was particklery unpleasant, replied Sam. 'Ah, said Mr. John Smauker, 'you disliked the killibeate taste, perhaps? 'I don't know much about that 'ere, said Sam. 'I thought they'd a wery strong flavour o' warm flat irons. 'That IS the killibeate, Mr. Weller, observed Mr. John Smauker contemptuously.
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