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Then , at the end of every hand , Miss Bolo would inquire with a dismal countenance and reproachful sigh , why Mr. Pickwick had not returned that diamond , or led the club , or roughed the spade , or finessed the heart , or led through the honour , or brought out the ace , or played up to the king , or some such thing ; and in reply to all these grave charges , Mr. Pickwick would be wholly unable to plead any justification whatever , having by this time forgotten all about the game . People came and looked on , too , which made Mr. Pickwick nervous . Besides all this , there was a great deal of distracting conversation near the table , between Angelo Bantam and the two Misses Matinter , who , being single and singular , paid great court to the Master of the Ceremonies , in the hope of getting a stray partner now and then . All these things , combined with the noises and interruptions of constant comings in and goings out , made Mr. Pickwick play rather badly ; the cards were against him , also ; and when they left off at ten minutes past eleven , Miss Bolo rose from the table considerably agitated , and went straight home , in a flood of tears and a sedan-chair . Being joined by his friends , who one and all protested that they had scarcely ever spent a more pleasant evening , Mr. Pickwick accompanied them to the White Hart , and having soothed his feelings with something hot , went to bed , and to sleep , almost simultaneously . As Mr. Pickwick contemplated a stay of at least two months in Bath , he deemed it advisable to take private lodgings for himself and friends for that period ; and as a favourable opportunity offered for their securing , on moderate terms , the upper portion of a house in the Royal Crescent , which was larger than they required , Mr. and Mrs. Dowler offered to relieve them of a bedroom and sitting-room . This proposition was at once accepted , and in three days ' time they were all located in their new abode , when Mr. Pickwick began to drink the waters with the utmost assiduity .