gate having been opened by a gentleman who might have passed for a
neglected twin brother of Mr. Smouch, and who was endowed with a large key
for the purpose, Mr. Piciwick was shown info the "coffee-room".
The coffee-room was a front parlour: the principal features of which were
fresh sand and stal tobacco smoke. Mr. Pickwick bowed to the three persons
who were seated in it when he entered: and having dispatched Sam for Perker,
withdrew ino an obscure corner, and from thence looked with some curiosity
upon his new companions, (ch.40)
Mrs.Bardell woonde in de Goswell Street (ch.12) en die straat lag buiten de City
of London. Bij* een arretatie, wegens de door haar getekende cognovit, was dus de
Whitecross-sfreet prison de aangewezen gevangenis. Maar hef liep anders. Noch
de lawyers noch de gevangenisgoeverneurs waren zo nauwgezet als hef hen
uitkwam. Mrs.Bardell had zich met een aantal kennissen begeven naar Hampstead
Heath:
"Weil, Mr. Raddle," said Mrs. Bardell; "I'm sure you ought to feel very much
honoured at you and Tommy being the only gentlemen to escort so many ladies
ali the way to the Spaniards, at Hampstead...." (The Pickwick Papers, ch.46)
Vandaar was net een korte wandeling naar The Spaniards Inn and Tea
Garden'.
.....the tea-tay came, wih seven cups and saucers, and bread and butter on the
same scale. Mrs. Bardell was unanimously voted into the chair, and Mrs. Rogers
being stationed on her right hand, and Mrs. Raddle on her left, the meal pro
ceeded with great merriment and success.
Jack Straw's Castt.e. Hampstead Heath, showing a "Short Stage" Coach.
jMrs. Bardell and party would take ihe Short Stage to here and walk a short distance to
j the Spaniards.
Drawn by S. T. C. I Peeks front a Drawing of 1327.
