'Wery, Sir,' replied Mr. Weller; 'if ever I wanted anythin' o' my father, I always asked for it in a wery'spectful and obligin' manner. If he didn't give it me, I took it, for fear I should be led to do anythin' wrong,through not havin' it. I saved him a world o' trouble this vay, Sir.'
'That's not precisely what I meant, Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, shaking his head, with a slight smile.
'All good feelin', sir—the wery best intentions, as the gen'l'm'n said ven he run away from his wife 'cos she seemed unhappy with him,' replied Mr. Weller.