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There . We have had quite enough of the subject . ' Thus expressing himself , Mr. Pickwick led the conversation to different topics , and Mr. Winkle gradually appeared more at ease , though still very far from being completely so . They had all so much to converse about , that the morning very quickly passed away ; and when , at three o'clock , Mr. Weller produced upon the little dining-table , a roast leg of mutton and an enormous meat-pie , with sundry dishes of vegetables , and pots of porter , which stood upon the chairs or the sofa bedstead , or where they could , everybody felt disposed to do justice to the meal , notwithstanding that the meat had been purchased , and dressed , and the pie made , and baked , at the prison cookery hard by . To these succeeded a bottle or two of very good wine , for which a messenger was despatched by Mr. Pickwick to the Horn Coffee-house , in Doctors ' Commons . The bottle or two , indeed , might be more properly described as a bottle or six , for by the time it was drunk , and tea over , the bell began to ring for strangers to withdraw . But , if Mr. Winkle 's behaviour had been unaccountable in the morning , it became perfectly unearthly and solemn when , under the influence of his feelings , and his share of the bottle or six , he prepared to take leave of his friend .