Mr. Pickwick and his friends happen to meet the strolling player again, who now identifies himself as Mr. Jingle. He is invited by Mr. Wardle to join the other guests at the manor farm in Dingley Dell. Mr. Wardle's sister, Rachel, who is a spinster, falls in love with Mr. Tupman. When Mr. Jingle finds out about this, he starts intriguing to win Rachel himself. He calumniates Mr. Tupman and elopes with Rachel, in order to marry her before her brother can stop them. Mr. Wardle, Mr. Pickwick and the others go out in search of the couple in London. At last a young man, Sam Weller, reveals that they are staying at The White Hart Inn.
—Maths Jesperson {maths.jesperson@bredband.net}