Most welcome to Ba-ath, sir.

It is long--very long, Mr.Pickwick, since you drank the waters.

It appears an age, Mr.Pickwick.

Re-markable!' Such were the expressions with which Angelo Cyrus Bantam, Esquire, M.C., took Mr.Pickwick's hand; retaining it in his, meantime, and shrugging up his shoulders with a constant succession of bows, as if he really could not make up his mind to the trial of letting it go again.
'It is a very long time since I drank the waters, certainly,' replied Mr.Pickwick; 'for, to the best of my knowledge, I was never here before.' 'Never in Ba-ath, Mr.Pickwick!' exclaimed the Grand Master, letting the hand fall in astonishment.

'Never in Ba-ath! He! he! Mr.Pickwick, you are a wag.