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‘
You
may
go
down
,
sir
,
’
said
Serjeant
Buzfuz
,
waving
his
hand
impatiently
.
Sam
went
down
accordingly
,
after
doing
Messrs
.
Dodson
&
Fogg
’
s
case
as
much
harm
as
he
conveniently
could
,
and
saying
just
as
little
respecting
Mr
.
Pickwick
as
might
be
,
which
was
precisely
the
object
he
had
had
in
view
all
along
.
‘
I
have
no
objection
to
admit
,
my
Lord
,
’
said
Serjeant
Snubbin
,
‘
if
it
will
save
the
examination
of
another
witness
,
that
Mr
.
Pickwick
has
retired
from
business
,
and
is
a
gentleman
of
considerable
independent
property
.
’
‘
Very
well
,
’
said
Serjeant
Buzfuz
,
putting
in
the
two
letters
to
be
read
,
‘
then
that
’
s
my
case
,
my
Lord
.
’
Serjeant
Snubbin
then
addressed
the
jury
on
behalf
of
the
defendant
;
and
a
very
long
and
a
very
emphatic
address
he
delivered
,
in
which
he
bestowed
the
highest
possible
eulogiums
on
the
conduct
and
character
of
Mr
.
Pickwick
;
but
inasmuch
as
our
readers
are
far
better
able
to
form
a
correct
estimate
of
that
gentleman
’
s
merits
and
deserts
,
than
Serjeant
Snubbin
could
possibly
be
,
we
do
not
feel
called
upon
to
enter
at
any
length
into
the
learned
gentleman
’
s
observations
.
He
attempted
to
show
that
the
letters
which
had
been
exhibited
,
merely
related
to
Mr
.
Pickwick
’
s
dinner
,
or
to
the
preparations
for
receiving
him
in
his
apartments
on
his
return
from
some
country
excursion
.
It
is
sufficient
to
add
in
general
terms
,
that
he
did
the
best
he
could
for
Mr
.
Pickwick
;
and
the
best
,
as
everybody
knows
,
on
the
infallible
authority
of
the
old
adage
,
could
do
no
more
.
Mr
.
Justice
Stareleigh
summed
up
,
in
the
old
-
established
and
most
approved
form
.
He
read
as
much
of
his
notes
to
the
jury
as
he
could
decipher
on
so
short
a
notice
,
and
made
running
–
comments
on
the
evidence
as
he
went
along
.
If
Mrs
.
Bardell
were
right
,
it
was
perfectly
clear
that
Mr
.
Pickwick
was
wrong
,
and
if
they
thought
the
evidence
of
Mrs
.
Cluppins
worthy
of
credence
they
would
believe
it
,
and
,
if
they
didn
’
t
,
why
,
they
wouldn
’
t
.
If
they
were
satisfied
that
a
breach
of
promise
of
marriage
had
been
committed
they
would
find
for
the
plaintiff
with
such
damages
as
they
thought
proper
;
and
if
,
on
the
other
hand
,
it
appeared
to
them
that
no
promise
of
marriage
had
ever
been
given
,
they
would
find
for
the
defendant
with
no
damages
at
all
.
The
jury
then
retired
to
their
private
room
to
talk
the
matter
over
,
and
the
judge
retired
to
HIS
private
room
,
to
refresh
himself
with
a
mutton
chop
and
a
glass
of
sherry
.
An
anxious
quarter
of
a
hour
elapsed
;
the
jury
came
back
;
the
judge
was
fetched
in
.
Mr
.
Pickwick
put
on
his
spectacles
,
and
gazed
at
the
foreman
with
an
agitated
countenance
and
a
quickly
-
beating
heart
.
‘
Gentlemen
,
’
said
the
individual
in
black
,
‘
are
you
all
agreed
upon
your
verdict
?
’
‘
We
are
,
’
replied
the
foreman
.
‘
Do
you
find
for
the
plaintiff
,
gentlemen
,
or
for
the
defendant
?
’
‘
For
the
plaintiff
.
’
‘
With
what
damages
,
gentlemen
?
’
