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‘
That
object
which
actuates
and
animates
me
in
all
my
gigantic
labours
,
Sir
,
’
replied
Pott
,
with
a
calm
smile
:
‘
my
country
’
s
good
.
’
‘
I
supposed
it
was
some
public
mission
,
’
observed
Mr
.
Pickwick
.
‘
Yes
,
Sir
,
’
resumed
Pott
,
‘
it
is
.
’
Here
,
bending
towards
Mr
.
Pickwick
,
he
whispered
in
a
deep
,
hollow
voice
,
‘
A
Buff
ball
,
Sir
,
will
take
place
in
Birmingham
to
-
morrow
evening
.
’
‘
God
bless
me
!
’
exclaimed
Mr
.
Pickwick
.
‘
Yes
,
Sir
,
and
supper
,
’
added
Pott
.
‘
You
don
’
t
say
so
!
’
ejaculated
Mr
.
Pickwick
.
Pott
nodded
portentously
.
Now
,
although
Mr
.
Pickwick
feigned
to
stand
aghast
at
this
disclosure
,
he
was
so
little
versed
in
local
politics
that
he
was
unable
to
form
an
adequate
comprehension
of
the
importance
of
the
dire
conspiracy
it
referred
to
;
observing
which
,
Mr
.
Pott
,
drawing
forth
the
last
number
of
the
Eatanswill
GAZETTE
,
and
referring
to
the
same
,
delivered
himself
of
the
following
paragraph
:
—
HOLE
–
AND
–
CORNER
BUFFERY
.
‘
A
reptile
contemporary
has
recently
sweltered
forth
his
black
venom
in
the
vain
and
hopeless
attempt
of
sullying
the
fair
name
of
our
distinguished
and
excellent
representative
,
the
Honourable
Mr
.
Slumkey
—
that
Slumkey
whom
we
,
long
before
he
gained
his
present
noble
and
exalted
position
,
predicted
would
one
day
be
,
as
he
now
is
,
at
once
his
country
’
s
brightest
honour
,
and
her
proudest
boast
:
alike
her
bold
defender
and
her
honest
pride
—
our
reptile
contemporary
,
we
say
,
has
made
himself
merry
,
at
the
expense
of
a
superbly
embossed
plated
coal
-
scuttle
,
which
has
been
presented
to
that
glorious
man
by
his
enraptured
constituents
,
and
towards
the
purchase
of
which
,
the
nameless
wretch
insinuates
,
the
Honourable
Mr
.
Slumkey
himself
contributed
,
through
a
confidential
friend
of
his
butler
’
s
,
more
than
three
-
fourths
of
the
whole
sum
subscribed
.
Why
,
does
not
the
crawling
creature
see
,
that
even
if
this
be
the
fact
,
the
Honourable
Mr
.
Slumkey
only
appears
in
a
still
more
amiable
and
radiant
light
than
before
,
if
that
be
possible
?
Does
not
even
his
obtuseness
perceive
that
this
amiable
and
touching
desire
to
carry
out
the
wishes
of
the
constituent
body
,
must
for
ever
endear
him
to
the
hearts
and
souls
of
such
of
his
fellow
townsmen
as
are
not
worse
than
swine
;
or
,
in
other
words
,
who
are
not
as
debased
as
our
contemporary
himself
?
But
such
is
the
wretched
trickery
of
hole
-
and
-
corner
Buffery
!
These
are
not
its
only
artifices
.
Treason
is
abroad
.
We
boldly
state
,
now
that
we
are
goaded
to
the
disclosure
,
and
we
throw
ourselves
on
the
country
and
its
constables
for
protection
—
we
boldly
state
that
secret
preparations
are
at
this
moment
in
progress
for
a
Buff
ball
;
which
is
to
be
held
in
a
Buff
town
,
in
the
very
heart
and
centre
of
a
Buff
population
;
which
is
to
be
conducted
by
a
Buff
master
of
the
ceremonies
;
which
is
to
be
attended
by
four
ultra
Buff
members
of
Parliament
,
and
the
admission
to
which
,
is
to
be
by
Buff
tickets
!
Does
our
fiendish
contemporary
wince
?
Let
him
writhe
,
in
impotent
malice
,
as
we
pen
the
words
,
WE
WILL
BE
THERE
.
’
‘
There
,
Sir
,
’
said
Pott
,
folding
up
the
paper
quite
exhausted
,
‘
that
is
the
state
of
the
case
!
’
