Here the old gentleman stopped to laugh; and having done so to his heart's content, presently resumed—
'But this is not the best of it, it seems. This is only half the love-making and plotting that have been going forward. We have been walking on mines for the last six months, and they're sprung at last.'
'What do you mean?' exclaimed Mr. Pickwick,turning pale; 'no other secret marriage, I hope?'
