In Chapter VI of Vanity Fair, Thackeray reports on Joe Sedley's drunken avowal to wed Becky Sharp the next morning, even if he had to knock up the Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth, in order to have him in readiness to perform the ceremony. In Great Expectations ( Chapter VI ), we learn how... Mr. Whopsle, being knocked up, was in such a very bad temper.
Vanity Fair's Thackeray reports on Joe Sedley's drunken vows to wed Becky Sharp, while in Great Expectations, we learn Mr. Whopsle is in a bad mood for being knocked up.