Works . ght under the mistletoe, as soon as it was hung up,without knowing it! Wardle stood with his back to the fire,surveying the whole scene, with the utmost satisfaction; andthe fat boy took the opportunity of appropriating to his ownuse, and summarily devouring, a particularly fine mince-pie, thathad been carefully put by, for somebody else. Now, the screaming had subsided, and faces were in aglow, and curls in a tangle, and Mr. Pickwick, after kissingthe old lady as before mentioned, was standing under themistletoe, looking with a very pleased countenance on aU thatwas passing around him
Works . ght under the mistletoe, as soon as it was hung up,without knowing it! Wardle stood with his back to the fire,surveying the whole scene, with the utmost satisfaction; andthe fat boy took the opportunity of appropriating to his ownuse, and summarily devouring, a particularly fine mince-pie, thathad been carefully put by, for somebody else. Now, the screaming had subsided, and faces were in aglow, and curls in a tangle, and Mr. Pickwick, after kissingthe old lady as before mentioned, was standing under themistletoe, looking with a very pleased countenance on aU thatwas passing around him, when the young lady with the blackeyes, after a little whispering with the other young ladies,made a sudden dart forward, and, putting her arm round neck, saluted him afiectionately on the left cheek;and before Mr. Pickwick distinctly knew what was thematter, he was surrounded by the whole body and kissedby every one of them. It was a pleasant thing to see Mr, Pickwick in the centre of 438. 6/V/.////.V/./ <^/^a/\y€tWaUi^^- CHRISTMAS SPORTS AND A CAROL the group, now pulled this way, and then that, and first kissedon the chin, and then on the nose, and then on the spectacles :and to hear the peals of laughter which were raised on everyside; but it was a still more pleasant thing to see Mr. Pickwick,blinded shortly afterwards with a silk handkerchief, falling upagainst the wall, and scrambling into corners, and going throughaU the mysteries of blind-mans buflF, with the utmost relish forthe game, until at last he caught one of the poor relations, andthen had to evade the blind-man himself, which he did with animbleness and agUity that elicited the admiration and applauseof all beholders. The poor relations caught the people whothey thought would like it, and, when the game flagged, gotcaught themselves. When they were all tired of blind-mansbuff, there was a great game at snap-dragon, and when fingersenough were burned with that, and all the raisins were gone,
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