17/31 'She's a fine creature,' said Mr.Magnus. 'Very. She lives about twenty miles from here, Mr.Pickwick.I heard she would be here to-night and all to-morrow forenoon, and came down to seize the opportunity. I think an inn is a good sort of a place to propose to a single woman in, Mr.Pickwick. She is more likely to feel the loneliness of her situation in travelling, perhaps, than she would be at home. |