“Will you allow me to ask you, ma’am,” said the excited Mr. Pickwick, rising from his seat, “who that young man is, and where he resides?”

“He is a gentleman of fortune, Mr. Pickwick,” said Mrs. Leo Hunter, “to whom I very much want to introduce you. The count will be delighted with him.”

“Yes, yes,” said Mr. Pickwick hastily. “His residence⁠—”

“Is at present at the Angel at Bury.”

“At Bury?”