arried daughter told you
this?’
‘OhI made a fool of myself of course’ rejoined Wardle.
‘Just so’ interposed Perkerwho had accompanied this
dialogue with sundry twitchings of his watch-chainvindictive
rubbings of his noseand other symptoms of impatience. ‘That’s
very natural; but how?’
‘I went into a great passion and frightened my mother into a fit’
said Wardle.
‘That was judicious’ remarked Perker; ‘and what else?’
‘I fretted and fumed all next dayand raised a great
disturbance’ rejoined the old gentleman. ‘At last I got tired of
rendering myself unpleasant and making everybody miserable; so
I hired a carriage at Muggletonandputting my own horses in it
came up to townunder pretence of bringing Emily to see
Arabella.’
‘Miss Wardle is with youthen?’ said Mr. Pickwick.
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‘To be sure she is’ replied Wardle. ‘She is at Osborne’s Hotel in
the Adelphi at this momentunless your enterprising friend has
run away with her since I came out this morning.’
‘You are reconciled then?’ said Perker.
‘Not a bit o,
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