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‘
I
have
witnessed
some
certainly
,
’
replied
the
old
gentleman
,
‘
but
the
incidents
and
characters
have
been
of
a
homely
and
ordinary
nature
,
my
sphere
of
action
being
so
very
limited
.
’
‘
You
did
make
some
notes
,
I
think
,
about
John
Edmunds
,
did
you
not
?
’
inquired
Mr
.
Wardle
,
who
appeared
very
desirous
to
draw
his
friend
out
,
for
the
edification
of
his
new
visitors
.
The
old
gentleman
slightly
nodded
his
head
in
token
of
assent
,
and
was
proceeding
to
change
the
subject
,
when
Mr
.
Pickwick
said
—
‘
I
beg
your
pardon
,
sir
,
but
pray
,
if
I
may
venture
to
inquire
,
who
was
John
Edmunds
?
’
‘
The
very
thing
I
was
about
to
ask
,
’
said
Mr
.
Snodgrass
eagerly
.
‘
You
are
fairly
in
for
it
,
’
said
the
jolly
host
.
‘
You
must
satisfy
the
curiosity
of
these
gentlemen
,
sooner
or
later
;
so
you
had
better
take
advantage
of
this
favourable
opportunity
,
and
do
so
at
once
.
’
The
old
gentleman
smiled
good
-
humouredly
as
he
drew
his
chair
forward
—
the
remainder
of
the
party
drew
their
chairs
closer
together
,
especially
Mr
.
Tupman
and
the
spinster
aunt
,
who
were
possibly
rather
hard
of
hearing
;
and
the
old
lady
’
s
ear
-
trumpet
having
been
duly
adjusted
,
and
Mr
.
Miller
(
who
had
fallen
asleep
during
the
recital
of
the
verses
)
roused
from
his
slumbers
by
an
admonitory
pinch
,
administered
beneath
the
table
by
his
ex
-
partner
the
solemn
fat
man
,
the
old
gentleman
,
without
further
preface
,
commenced
the
following
tale
,
to
which
we
have
taken
the
liberty
of
prefixing
the
title
of
THE
CONVICT
’
S
RETURN
‘
When
I
first
settled
in
this
village
,
’
said
the
old
gentleman
,
‘
which
is
now
just
five
-
and
-
twenty
years
ago
,
the
most
notorious
person
among
my
parishioners
was
a
man
of
the
name
of
Edmunds
,
who
leased
a
small
farm
near
this
spot
.
He
was
a
morose
,
savage
-
hearted
,
bad
man
;
idle
and
dissolute
in
his
habits
;
cruel
and
ferocious
in
his
disposition
.
Beyond
the
few
lazy
and
reckless
vagabonds
with
whom
he
sauntered
away
his
time
in
the
fields
,
or
sotted
in
the
ale
-
house
,
he
had
not
a
single
friend
or
acquaintance
;
no
one
cared
to
speak
to
the
man
whom
many
feared
,
and
every
one
detested
—
and
Edmunds
was
shunned
by
all
.
