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The
unfortunate
Grummer
proceeded
to
re
-
state
his
complaint
,
but
,
what
between
Mr
.
Jinks
’
s
taking
down
his
words
,
and
the
magistrate
’
s
taking
them
up
,
his
natural
tendency
to
rambling
,
and
his
extreme
confusion
,
he
managed
to
get
involved
,
in
something
under
three
minutes
,
in
such
a
mass
of
entanglement
and
contradiction
,
that
Mr
.
Nupkins
at
once
declared
he
didn
’
t
believe
him
.
So
the
fines
were
remitted
,
and
Mr
.
Jinks
found
a
couple
of
bail
in
no
time
.
And
all
these
solemn
proceedings
having
been
satisfactorily
concluded
,
Mr
.
Grummer
was
ignominiously
ordered
out
—
an
awful
instance
of
the
instability
of
human
greatness
,
and
the
uncertain
tenure
of
great
men
’
s
favour
.
Mrs
.
Nupkins
was
a
majestic
female
in
a
pink
gauze
turban
and
a
light
brown
wig
.
Miss
Nupkins
possessed
all
her
mamma
’
s
haughtiness
without
the
turban
,
and
all
her
ill
-
nature
without
the
wig
;
and
whenever
the
exercise
of
these
two
amiable
qualities
involved
mother
and
daughter
in
some
unpleasant
dilemma
,
as
they
not
infrequently
did
,
they
both
concurred
in
laying
the
blame
on
the
shoulders
of
Mr
.
Nupkins
.
Accordingly
,
when
Mr
.
Nupkins
sought
Mrs
.
Nupkins
,
and
detailed
the
communication
which
had
been
made
by
Mr
.
Pickwick
,
Mrs
.
Nupkins
suddenly
recollected
that
she
had
always
expected
something
of
the
kind
;
that
she
had
always
said
it
would
be
so
;
that
her
advice
was
never
taken
;
that
she
really
did
not
know
what
Mr
.
Nupkins
supposed
she
was
;
and
so
forth
.
‘
The
idea
!
’
said
Miss
Nupkins
,
forcing
a
tear
of
very
scanty
proportions
into
the
corner
of
each
eye
;
‘
the
idea
of
my
being
made
such
a
fool
of
!
’
‘
Ah
!
you
may
thank
your
papa
,
my
dear
,
’
said
Mrs
.
Nupkins
;
‘
how
I
have
implored
and
begged
that
man
to
inquire
into
the
captain
’
s
family
connections
;
how
I
have
urged
and
entreated
him
to
take
some
decisive
step
!
I
am
quite
certain
nobody
would
believe
it
—
quite
.
’
‘
But
,
my
dear
,
’
said
Mr
.
Nupkins
.
‘
Don
’
t
talk
to
me
,
you
aggravating
thing
,
don
’
t
!
’
said
Mrs
.
Nupkins
.
‘
My
love
,
’
said
Mr
.
Nupkins
,
‘
you
professed
yourself
very
fond
of
Captain
Fitz
–
Marshall
.
You
have
constantly
asked
him
here
,
my
dear
,
and
you
have
lost
no
opportunity
of
introducing
him
elsewhere
.
’
‘
Didn
’
t
I
say
so
,
Henrietta
?
’
cried
Mrs
.
Nupkins
,
appealing
to
her
daughter
with
the
air
of
a
much
-
injured
female
.
‘
Didn
’
t
I
say
that
your
papa
would
turn
round
and
lay
all
this
at
my
door
?
Didn
’
t
I
say
so
?
’
Here
Mrs
.
Nupkins
sobbed
.
‘
Oh
,
pa
!
’
remonstrated
Miss
Nupkins
.
And
here
she
sobbed
too
.
