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. tee ie my Oe at 346 PICKWICK ABROAD. o’clock or so, and then the Gendarme proffered his assistance in show-_ ing Mr. Snodgrass the way to the lodgings occupied by that gentle- man’s friends in the Rue Rovale. To this Mr. Snodgrass assented — with many thanks; and having directed Mr. Lawson to forward his baggage and account to Mr. Pickwick’s lodgings in the course of the morning, he accompanied M. Dumont to the place of his destination. Dumont purposely led Mr. Snodgrass through the back entrance to — Lawson’s hotel, and conducted him up the Rue de Rivoli, with the view of enabling him to form a favourable impression of Paris at the first glance. The young Englishman was astonished at the splendour — o . . . . of the street, and stood tor a considerable time to admire the mighty ia i n| J i ; | Th ny i} : 3 Ulta: Vise: piles of the palace of the Tuileries with its beautiful gardens on one side, and the uniform range of lofty houses upon the other. It was with something bordering upon reluctance that he pursued his way towards the Rue Royale, where he arrived in about a quarter of an hour, and where he and the friendly Gendarme were cordially wel- comed by Mr. Pickwick, Mr. Tupman, and Mr. Winkle. CHAPTER XLII. MR. KALLAWAY, BEING IN A SITUATION IN WHICH MANY FASHION@ ABLE YOUNG ENGLISH GENTLEMEN FIND THEMSELVES 4HVERY EVENING, SEEKS A BED AT A HOTEL.——MR. KALLAWAY HAS MANY VERY CURIOUS DREAMS, WHICH LEAD TO AS MANY EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS. Mr. Karitaway, on the evening preceding the morning on which the adventures detailed in the last chapter, took place, had dined with his friend, Mr. Scuttle, and had passed an extra hour or so over the bettle with that gentleman. When he rose to depart at about one o’clock, he fancied that he had acted very prudently in having kept — himself so sober ; but when he got out into the open air, he perceived — that the Boulevards were scarcely wide enough for him, and mstead — comicbooks.com