“Ah! you want me?” said the count, turning back.

“I want to introduce two very clever people to each other,” said Mrs. Leo Hunter. “ Mr. Pickwick, I have great pleasure in introducing you to Count Smorltork.” She added in a hurried whisper to Mr. Pickwick⁠—“The famous foreigner⁠—gathering materials for his great work on England⁠—hem!⁠—Count Smorltork, Mr. Pickwick.”

Mr. Pickwick saluted the count with all the reverence due to so great a man, and the count drew forth a set of tablets.