Дэвид Копперфильд

I Assist at an Explosion

           Ifoundthatmyserviceswereconstantlycalledintorequisitionforthefalsificationofbusiness,andthemystificationofanindividualwhomIwilldesignateasMr.W.ThatMr.W.wasimposedupon,keptinignorance,anddeluded,ineverypossibleway;yet,thatallthiswhile,theruffian—HEEP—wasprofessingunboundedgratitudeto,andunboundedfriendshipfor,thatmuch-abusedgentleman.Thiswasbadenough;but,asthephilosophicDaneobserves,withthatuniversalapplicabilitywhichdistinguishestheillustriousornamentoftheElizabethanEra,worseremainsbehind!”’

           Mr.Micawberwassoverymuchstruckbythishappyroundingoffwithaquotation,thatheindulgedhimself,andus,withasecondreadingofthesentence,underpretenceofhavinglosthisplace.

           ‘“Itisnotmyintention,”’hecontinuedreadingon,‘“toenteronadetailedlist,withinthecompassofthepresentepistle(thoughitisreadyelsewhere),ofthevariousmalpracticesofaminornature,affectingtheindividualwhomIhavedenominatedMr.W.,towhichIhavebeenatacitlyconsentingparty.Myobject,whenthecontestwithinmyselfbetweenstipendandnostipend,bakerandnobaker,existenceandnon-existence,ceased,wastotakeadvantageofmyopportunitiestodiscoverandexposethemajormalpracticescommitted,tothatgentleman’sgrievouswrongandinjury,by—HEEP.Stimulatedbythesilentmonitorwithin,andbyanolesstouchingandappealingmonitorwithouttowhomIwillbrieflyreferasMissW.

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