'Now,' said Jackson, 'I'm afraid you'll think me rather troublesome, but I want somebody else, if it ain't inconvenient. I have Samuel Weller's name here, Mr.Pickwick.'
'Send my servant here, waiter,' said Mr. Pickwick.The waiter retired, considerably astonished, and Mr. Pickwick motioned Jackson to a seat.
There was a painful pause, which was at length broken by the innocent defendant.
'I suppose, Sir,' said Mr. Pickwick, his indignation rising while he spoke—'I suppose, Sir, that it is the intention of your employers to seek to criminate me upon the testimony of my own friends?'