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~ | PICKWICK ABROAD. the secret cell, in which the females were immured, could be ane’ oud, 565 It is hardly necessary tos ate that Clar- isse was restored to. her almost broken- hearted parent, and that the old domestic accompanied her home. The Viscount de - Lestrelles and Lapierre were condemned - the city of od 4 x to eighteen months of solitary imprison- ment, aR ioyerte Versace was sent for five a to the galleys at Brest. a 4 . Mates ; * | oder Vin Pickwick abroad. ee _ “ _. Tue sun rose from the lap of Thetis, and Mr. Pickwick from that of Sleep. Thus two luminous objects appeared above the horizon of the common world at the sam imi, eT _ former divested itself of the clouds of night, and the other of the white cotton cap which had shaded his brow. In a word-—one was the sun, and the other was: Mr. Pickwick ; and in saying that, we leave nothing to the imagination, but say everything, — ide Alas ! the s _ Paris, ww not the as in store for them. The halls of French om, they had never seen: the ladies were speedily to dispense with. the amatory glances of a Tupman; oetry was to experience a dreadful shock in the return of a Snodgrass to the land of his forefathers ; and all classes of society in general would have to deplore the abs, sence of a Winkle. ‘Ill-fated France ! alas, that day was one of mourning and tears for thee ; for the clouds were black above, and a ee drops of rain fell upon thy devoted > r 4 The arrangements for posting throughout France are entirely in the hands of the government ; and thus all attempt at im- position is impossible. The general mews or posting-house in Paris. is in the Rue de PAbbaie Saint Germain; and from the Poste Royale must all horses for private vehicles be procured. This establishment is connected with every posting-houre throughout-Franee ; and the principles upon which the wk SB nestittry is conducted are as excellent as they are grand. Even ~~ * . . _ » the very rope-harness, which astonishes the e : vy eye of an Englishman, is a matter of cal- os . ‘| only that he was i y were about to lose a philoso- 191 culation, and the result of an arrangement -which enables the travelle: to procure post- ing-horses in France at a clieaper rate than in any other country in the world. > & At an early hour on the 2d of Septem- » ber, 1837, Mr. Samuel Weller proceeded to the Poste Royale, and after a great many very ine‘fectual attempts at making bim- self understood—especially ash confound- cheveux, which means “ hair,” with. che- vaux, the name for “ horses”—succeeded in, convincing a Clerk in the establishn_ent, not is right senses—a cir: cumstance at first materially questioned— but also that six gentlemen required horses for an immense travelling carriage which | they had procured to convey themselves to Calais. “ Which air de six gentlemans ?” inquired a clerk, who spoke a little English. “Vy,” returned Sam, “ there’s me—there’s my father—that’s two—and then there’s Pickvick, Tupman, Vinkle, and Snodgrass.” “Den you vill require seven horse,” said the clerk. | | “Seven !”. exclaimed Sam: ‘that be Poh d—d!” ‘ _|. «“ Dere no G— d—n in de matter,” cried and of France, and especially te that. the clerk, impatiently. “ You a Goddem— en horse—six for you-selves—dat is von for each personage—and den yon for de car- riage. Dem’s de rules.” “Vell, we von’t dispute about it, young- ster,” said Sam, his gravity remaining as imperturbable and severe as ag “all I knows is, that there’s six on us, So jist you send up as many hosses as you can, an’ on the most ek-vi-nomical scale ; for econo; -my’s the order o’ the day, as the New Poor Law Commissioners said ven they starved the paupers iu the vorkus.” | | And having thrown the address of hi master’s residence upon the office table, and made the necessary deposit, Mr, Samuel Weller returned to the Rue Royale in a cabriolet and a violent hurry. = a companions, were assembled on this event: 1 morning, to bid adieu to those great men who were about to turn their backs upon France—perhaps for ever! Weneed not enumerate the names of all those whe met together upon this occasion: the ties of friendship and the prospects of a good breakfast were inducements sufficient to entice all who had ever shaken the illustri- me know dat vare well: but you have sev~ . > _ All the friends, and even many of the listant acquaintances of our hero and his * « ‘ > a ECOnniclooolks (C©) a4 a