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He 's a strolling actor , he is , and his name 's Jingle ; and if ever there was a wolf in a mulberry suit , that ` ere Job Trotter 's him . ' ` It is very true , Sir , ' said Mr. Pickwick , replying to the magistrate 's look of amazement ; ` my only business in this town , is to expose the person of whom we now speak . ' Mr. Pickwick proceeded to pour into the horror-stricken ear of Mr. Nupkins , an abridged account of all Mr. Jingle 's atrocities . He related how he had first met him ; how he had eloped with Miss Wardle ; how he had cheerfully resigned the lady for a pecuniary consideration ; how he had entrapped himself into a lady 's boarding-school at midnight ; and how he -LRB- Mr. Pickwick -RRB- now felt it his duty to expose his assumption of his present name and rank . As the narrative proceeded , all the warm blood in the body of Mr. Nupkins tingled up into the very tips of his ears . He had picked up the captain at a neighbouring race-course . Charmed with his long list of aristocratic acquaintance , his extensive travel , and his fashionable demeanour , Mrs. Nupkins and Miss Nupkins had exhibited Captain Fitz - Marshall , and quoted Captain Fitz-Marshall , and hurled Captain Fitz - Marshall at the devoted heads of their select circle of acquaintance , until their bosom friends , Mrs. Porkenham and the Misses Porkenhams , and Mr. Sidney Porkenham , were ready to burst with jealousy and despair .