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They are not worth your notice,' said the dismal man.
You are right, sir,' replied Mr Pickwick, 'they are not. I am ashamed to
have been betrayed into this warmth of feeling. Draw your chair up to
the table, Sir.'
The dismal man readily complied; a circle was again formed round the
table, and harmony once more prevailed. Some lingering irritability
appeared to find a resting-place in Mr Winkle's bosom, occasioned
possibly by the temporary abstraction of his coat - though it is
scarcely reasonable to suppose that so slight a circumstance can have
excited even a passing feeling of anger in a Pickwickian's breast. With
this exception, their good- humour was completely restored; and the
evening concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun.
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