Pickwick Abroad; or, The Tour in France — page 348: what you’re looking at

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PICKWICK ABROAD. 335 **'There, haven’t I hit it?” demanded the Count in triumph; and the landlord, who felt himself convinced beyond all doubt of his guest’s identity with the rightful claimant of the money, in consequence of the lucid and satisfactory description of the friend just given, hastened to his own private room, and speedily returned with six thousand francs, which he placed in the hands of Count Boloski! * Boloski Boloski!’’ murmured the landlord to himself, as he tendered the coin. ‘“ Well—I was certaim the ame ended in ‘ eske,.’” “Tt is the only name in Poland that has so peculiar a termination,”’ carelessly observed the Count, as he placed the money in his writing- desk, after having bestowed the promised remuneration upon the Jand- lord. ‘The founder of our family was the great Gulligowiski, and from that root have sprung numerous branches, of which the Boloskis, the Loveminskis, the Cramitorlinovitchkis, and the Creduloskis are the principal. In fact, they say that it was one of our aneestors who handed Noah out of the ark.” The landlord did not perceive that the Count had evidently been misinformed in reference to this fact.; he therefore left his illustrious guest to perform his ablutions, and retired to superintend the repast which had been ordered. Count Boloski was ina most unexceptionably good humour when he made his appearance in the breakfast-room; and so soon as alittle whispering and a good deal of laughing had taken place between him and the Countess Loveminski, he condescended to devote a small por- tion of his attention to Mr. Snodgrass. ‘<Fxcellent room this, Snodgrass,’ observed the Count with an amiable degree of familiarity. Mr. Snodgrass respectfully assented to his lordship’s remark, with the additional venture of an opinion that the postilion’s boots and hat were really classical and poetical, in every sense of the expressive words. ** Quite antique, are they not ?” said Count Boloski: “* but nothing to the boots and hats in Poland. Why—on emergencies they make portmanteaus of the former, and punch-bowls of the latter.” ‘*‘ How very extraordinary !”’ cried Mr. Snodgrass. “‘l really should not have thought it.” The Count declared that he should have wondered if he had, and was about to narrate another anecdote connected with his native land, when the breakfast made its appearance. The beauteous Loveminski seated herself exceedingly close to Mr. Snodgrass, chaitered to him a great deal during the repast, and termi- nated the conversation by assuring him “that she did so love de: Inglis gentelmans, dey were so vary insiniwating and gallant.” All this was very flattering and pleasant; and that, together with plenty of wine and liqueur (at the second glass of which latter the Countess accidentally placed her foot upon Mr. Snodgrass’s toes and neglected to withdraw it in the excitement of the conviviality), served to render the meal exceedingly social and agreeable. When it was brought to a conclusion, the Countess hastened to her room to tie on her bonnet, the Count proceeded to the yard to see that the luggage was properly Me aes away, and Mr. Snodgrass, having nothing else to do, paid the ’ Eomichbooks (EO) =)