[00:00.00]That unfortuanate gentleman went quickly
[00:03.50]towards the centre of the ice,
[00:05.18]where he hit Bob Sawyer and with a loud crash
[00:07.25]they both fell heavily down.
[00:11.07]After this incident,
[00:12.37]some of the people started
[00:13.49]to slide on the ice without skates,
[00:16.08]and Wandle persuaded Mr Pickwick to try it.
[00:19.85]Mr Pickwick took two or three short runs
[00:22.05]and then stopped.
[00:23.88]At last,he took another run and
[00:25.95]went slowly down the slide,
[00:27.87]to the shouts of all the spectators
[00:29.52]who soon joined in.The sport was at its height,
[00:33.58]When a crack was heard.
[00:36.09]A large piece of ice disappeared and
[00:38.79]Mr Pickewick'hat was floating on the surface.
[00:42.09]The males turned pale and the ladies fainted.
[00:45.98]At that very moment a face,head and shoulders
[00:48.65]emerged from beneath the water,
[00:50.40]and after a lot of splashing and struggling.
[00:52.72]Mr Pickwick was finally rescued
[00:54.50]and stood on dry land.
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