I, sir,' replied Mr. Pickwick, 'am delighted to view any sportswhich may be safely indulged in, and in which the impotent effects ofunskilful people do not endanger human life.
Cluppins, by anattempt on the part of Tommy to recount how he had been cross-examinedregarding the cupboard then in action (which was fortunately nipped inthe bud by his imbibing half a glass of the old crusted 'the wrong way,'and thereby endangering his life for some seconds), the party walkedforth in quest of a Hampstead stage.