'I am most happy, sir, to make the acquaintance of such a man.' 'And I,' said Mr.Pickwick, 'feel deeply honoured by this expression of your opinion.

Allow me, sir, to introduce you to my fellow-travellers, the other corresponding members of the club I am proud to have founded.' 'I shall be delighted,' said Mr.Pott.
Mr.Pickwick withdrew, and returning with his friends, presented them in due form to the editor of the Eatanswill GAZETTE.
'Now, my dear Pott,' said little Mr.Perker, 'the question is, what are we to do with our friends here ?' 'We can stop in this house, I suppose,' said Mr.Pickwick.
'Not a spare bed in the house, my dear sir--not a single bed.' 'Extremely awkward,' said Mr.Pickwick.
'Very,' said his fellow-voyagers.
'I have an idea upon this subject,' said Mr.Pott, 'which I think may be very successfully adopted.

They have two beds at the Peacock, and I can boldly say, on behalf of Mrs.Pott, that she will be delighted to accommodate Mr.Pickwick and any one of his friends, if the other two gentlemen and their servant do not object to shifting, as they best can, at the Peacock.' After repeated pressings on the part of Mr.Pott, and repeated protestations on that of Mr.Pickwick that he could not think of incommoding or troubling his amiable wife, it was decided that it was the only feasible arrangement that could be made.

So it WAS made; and after dinner together at the Town Arms, the friends separated, Mr.
Tupman and Mr.Snodgrass repairing to the Peacock, and Mr.Pickwick and Mr.Winkle proceeding to the mansion of Mr.Pott; it having been previously arranged that they should all reassemble at the Town Arms in the morning, and accompany the Honourable Samuel Slumkey's procession to the place of nomination.
Mr.Pott's domestic circle was limited to himself and his wife.

All men whom mighty genius has raised to a proud eminence in the world, have usually some little weakness which appears the more conspicuous from the contrast it presents to their general character.