What is the tone of this paragraph? a humorous b sarcastic c bitter d objective the pickwick papers by charles dickens (excerpt)

"here you are, sir," shouted a strange specimen of the human race, in a sackcloth coat, and apron of the same, who, with a brass label and number round his neck, looked as if he were catalogued in some collection of rarities. this was the waterman. "here you are, sir. now, then, fust cab! " and the first cab having been fetched from the public-house, where he had been smoking his first pipe, mr. pickwick and his portmanteau were thrown into the vehicle.