Chapter 57: LVI

LVI An important conference takes place between Mr. Pickwick and Samuel Weller, at which his parent assists—an old gentleman in a snuff-coloured suit arrives unexpectedly. Mr. Pickwick was sitting alone, musing over many things, and thinking among other considerations how he could best provide for the young couple whose present unsettled condition was matter of constant regret and anxiety to him, when Mary stepped lightly into the room, and, advancing to the table, said, rather hastily—…