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The
landlord
and
waiter
entering
at
the
moment
with
dinner
,
caused
Mr
.
Pott
to
lay
his
finger
on
his
lips
,
in
token
that
he
considered
his
life
in
Mr
.
Pickwick
’
s
hands
,
and
depended
on
his
secrecy
.
Messrs
.
Bob
Sawyer
and
Benjamin
Allen
,
who
had
irreverently
fallen
asleep
during
the
reading
of
the
quotation
from
the
Eatanswill
GAZETTE
,
and
the
discussion
which
followed
it
,
were
roused
by
the
mere
whispering
of
the
talismanic
word
‘
Dinner
’
in
their
ears
;
and
to
dinner
they
went
with
good
digestion
waiting
on
appetite
,
and
health
on
both
,
and
a
waiter
on
all
three
.
In
the
course
of
the
dinner
and
the
sitting
which
succeeded
it
,
Mr
.
Pott
descending
,
for
a
few
moments
,
to
domestic
topics
,
informed
Mr
.
Pickwick
that
the
air
of
Eatanswill
not
agreeing
with
his
lady
,
she
was
then
engaged
in
making
a
tour
of
different
fashionable
watering
-
places
with
a
view
to
the
recovery
of
her
wonted
health
and
spirits
;
this
was
a
delicate
veiling
of
the
fact
that
Mrs
.
Pott
,
acting
upon
her
often
-
repeated
threat
of
separation
,
had
,
in
virtue
of
an
arrangement
negotiated
by
her
brother
,
the
lieutenant
,
and
concluded
by
Mr
.
Pott
,
permanently
retired
with
the
faithful
bodyguard
upon
one
moiety
or
half
part
of
the
annual
income
and
profits
arising
from
the
editorship
and
sale
of
the
Eatanswill
GAZETTE
.
While
the
great
Mr
.
Pott
was
dwelling
upon
this
and
other
matters
,
enlivening
the
conversation
from
time
to
time
with
various
extracts
from
his
own
lucubrations
,
a
stern
stranger
,
calling
from
the
window
of
a
stage
-
coach
,
outward
bound
,
which
halted
at
the
inn
to
deliver
packages
,
requested
to
know
whether
if
he
stopped
short
on
his
journey
and
remained
there
for
the
night
,
he
could
be
furnished
with
the
necessary
accommodation
of
a
bed
and
bedstead
.
‘
Certainly
,
sir
,
’
replied
the
landlord
.
‘
I
can
,
can
I
?
’
inquired
the
stranger
,
who
seemed
habitually
suspicious
in
look
and
manner
.
‘
No
doubt
of
it
,
Sir
,
’
replied
the
landlord
.
‘
Good
,
’
said
the
stranger
.
‘
Coachman
,
I
get
down
here
.
Guard
,
my
carpet
-
bag
!
’
Bidding
the
other
passengers
good
-
night
,
in
a
rather
snappish
manner
,
the
stranger
alighted
.
He
was
a
shortish
gentleman
,
with
very
stiff
black
hair
cut
in
the
porcupine
or
blacking
-
brush
style
,
and
standing
stiff
and
straight
all
over
his
head
;
his
aspect
was
pompous
and
threatening
;
his
manner
was
peremptory
;
his
eyes
were
sharp
and
restless
;
and
his
whole
bearing
bespoke
a
feeling
of
great
confidence
in
himself
,
and
a
consciousness
of
immeasurable
superiority
over
all
other
people
.
This
gentleman
was
shown
into
the
room
originally
assigned
to
the
patriotic
Mr
.
Pott
;
and
the
waiter
remarked
,
in
dumb
astonishment
at
the
singular
coincidence
,
that
he
had
no
sooner
lighted
the
candles
than
the
gentleman
,
diving
into
his
hat
,
drew
forth
a
newspaper
,
and
began
to
read
it
with
the
very
same
expression
of
indignant
scorn
,
which
,
upon
the
majestic
features
of
Pott
,
had
paralysed
his
energies
an
hour
before
.
The
man
observed
too
,
that
,
whereas
Mr
.
Pott
’
s
scorn
had
been
roused
by
a
newspaper
headed
the
Eatanswill
INDEPENDENT
,
this
gentleman
’
s
withering
contempt
was
awakened
by
a
newspaper
entitled
the
Eatanswill
GAZETTE
.
