Seven o'clock had hardly ceased striking on the following morning, when Mr. Pickwick's comprehensive mind was aroused from the state of unconsciousness, in which slumber had plunged it, by a loud knocking at his chamber door.
Másnap reggel, alighogy az óra elütötte a hetet, Pickwick úr széles látókörű, fogékony szelleme öntudatra eszmélt az álom öntudatlanságából, tekintve, hogy zajosan dörömbölni kezdtek az ajtaján.