In the midst of all this jollity and conviviality, a loud ring was heard at the garden gate, to which the young gentleman who took his meals in the wash-house, immediately responded.

Mr.Weller was in the height of his attentions to the pretty house-maid; Mr.Muzzle was busy doing the honours of the table; and the cook had just paused to laugh, in the very act of raising a huge morsel to her lips; when the kitchen door opened, and in walked Mr.Job Trotter.
We have said in walked Mr.Job Trotter, but the statement is not distinguished by our usual scrupulous adherence to fact.

The door opened and Mr.Trotter appeared.

He would have walked in, and was in the very act of doing so, indeed, when catching sight of Mr.Weller, he involuntarily shrank back a pace or two, and stood gazing on the unexpected scene before him, perfectly motionless with amazement and terror.
'Here he is!' said Sam, rising with great glee.

'Why we were that wery moment a-speaking o' you.