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I think you had better, sir,' whispered Jinks to the magistrate. 'An
information has been sworn before me,' said the magistrate, 'that it is
apprehended you are going to fight a duel, and that the other man,
Tupman, is your aider and abettor in it. Therefore - eh, Mr Jinks?'
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Certainly, sir.'
'Therefore, I call upon you both, to - I think that's the course, Mr
Jinks?'
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Certainly, Sir.'
To - to - what, Mr Jinks?' said the magistrate pettishly.
To find bail, sir.'
Yes. Therefore, I call upon you both - as I was about to say when I
was interrupted by my clerk - to find bail.' 'Good bail,' whispered Mr
Jinks.
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I shall require good bail,' said the magistrate.
Town's-people,' whispered Jinks.
They must be townspeople,' said the magistrate.
Fifty pounds each,' whispered Jinks, 'and householders, of course.'
I shall require two sureties of fifty pounds each,' said the magistrate
aloud, with great dignity, 'and they must be householders, of course.'
'But bless my heart, Sir,' said Mr Pickwick, who, together with Mr
Tupman, was all amazement and indignation; 'we are perfect
strangers in this town. I have as little knowledge of any householders
here, as I have intention of fighting a duel with anybody.'
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I dare say,' replied the magistrate, 'I dare say - don't you, Mr Jinks?'
Certainly, Sir.'
Have you anything more to say?' inquired the magistrate.
Mr Pickwick had a great deal more to say, which he would no doubt
have said, very little to his own advantage, or the magistrate's
satisfaction, if he had not, the moment he ceased speaking, been
pulled by the sleeve by Mr Weller, with whom he was immediately
engaged in so earnest a conversation, that he suffered the magistrate's
inquiry to pass wholly unnoticed. Mr Nupkins was not the man to ask
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