Pickwick Abroad: A Companion to the Pickwick Papers — page 30: what you’re looking at

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—. < ? 22 that M. Dumont politely botused; in very |. good English, to partake. of the r ast— | _ that Mr. Boozie informe l - lers how he was once ly. chpkak by a ham-sandwich, when he again’ corrected | jioned himself, and stated that it was occa by a beef-sandwich—and that Mr. moment, related a number of pleasant anecdotes, chiefly connected with himself, his family, or his noble acquaintances, and remarkable for the probability and air of truth with which they were vested. We. shall not be tedious on these subjects, but |: merely state that at about seven o’clo *k in the evening the diligence entered the” ery cheerful and crowded, streets of Montreuil, at which town the papeeng ar were to dine; As several English ¢ gentlemen 1 were stay- ing at the hotel where ‘the diligence stopped —the . neighborhood of © ‘Montreuil being famous for game, andthe said gentlemen being just able in the shooting season to emancipate themselves from the demands of their creditors at Boulogne, Calais, Saint Omer, de. and take a trip to Mont- renil—the tadle-d'hote was numerously atiended. Mr. Pickwick and his com- panions seated themselves next to each other at the head of the long table, and na Tupman and Mr. Winkle were abou ‘commence a desperate. attack upon i ae succulent viands that stood near them, when Mr. Pickwick, his expressive countenance assuming’ an aspect of seriousness not un- mixed. with severity, rebuked his follow- ers for an omission of which they had been guilty, and, with the gravity which that great man knew 80 well how to adopt, rose slowly from his chair, and, with extended arms, in a solemn and impressive tone of voice, said Grace. Having tlius exempli- fied his devotion, Mr. Pickwick sunk into his seat, and in an instant. made a deep in- cision in a leg of mutton which stood before him. Such an act of piety. excited the risible, feelings of all present, as well as the utmost astonishment of the sporting gentle- men, who madesundry pleasant and pointed remarks thereupon ; and lest their observa- tions should be. deemed nothing but ful- some) flattery Dy Mr. Pickwick and his. friends, they considerately discuised their sentiments in a figurative metas of their own. “A Peggh prig, Pll bet : a pounds ”-erled one. Hy fashem, |, the cards having been eschewed. for the » “What is the: matter, Sam ?” inginay, Mr. Tupman. ; Sam,” mildly . suggested Mr. Tapman; — into the dining-room, and ' seated J rf by tir a. small Seek party !” beret, a third, nk Ps mf Hasn’t a bad twist of his.own, though ig r¢ r arked a fourth. th might have. made a similar | observation, . had not a sudder. disturbance in the “passage put a stopto the tributes of admiration which Mr. Pickwick exemplary conduct had called forth. : yas Not on no account !” be a lou d yoies in the adjoining eorrido “ You me think to come that ’ere gammon ei my fine feller—do'you know ? Wy.1s ud. & con-sider myself more wulgar , han “a beastesses in the field, if I vas to to listen to é your advice, as the chimbley-: sweep said ven they asked him to dine at a radical conwivial meetin’.” “Tupman, my dear fello ? “aemanded Mr. Pickwick, holding bottle wine in one hand and aglass in th apbh +“ pray © see what they are about no: ‘with my ser- vant.” oi “Yes do, ‘ echoed Mr. fashion: and Mr. Tupman accordingly issued into the passage, where he found Mr. Weller dis- . puting with a person who appeared to be the landlord of the hotel. ii “ Here’s von o’ my mas’ ers, you perwok- in’ French thief,” cried Mr. Weller touching * his hat as the sleek oily countenance of Mr. Tupman emerge 1. to his view : now to the pint, my little cock-i” patient schule-mas’er observed to the “hol. — vich tried to shuffle off vith asparcel o' les.” » “Just this, Sir,” replied Mr. W eller, “tha this chap is a-tryin’ to persuade me to gra vith my superiors, as if they vos my my eq:-vals,” hy Perhaps it ‘is the fashics in] ‘France, “and while I think of it, the conductor of the diligence is himself seated at the same table with us.” — i “Then, in that case,” pen | Mr. | Weller, after & moment's reflection, “Imay + as yell do it, as another, : oat young. prig observed to the old | ‘un he St ed him 4 filch a pocket+ "al words Mr, Weller follow : Mr. Tu L0)@\) (CO) “S