Дэвид Копперфильд

I Assist at an Explosion

           Micawber,onourtakingpossessionofourpresentabode,inthelockerorbindevotedtothereceptionoftheashescalcinedonourdomestichearth),thattheweaknesses,thefaults,theveryvirtues,theparentalaffections,andthesenseofhonour,oftheunhappyMr.W.havebeenforyearsactedonby,andwarpedtothebasepurposesof-HEEP.ThatMr.W.hasbeenforyearsdeludedandplundered,ineveryconceivablemanner,tothepecuniaryaggrandisementoftheavaricious,false,andgrasping—HEEP.Thattheengrossingobjectof-HEEP—was,nexttogain,tosubdueMr.andMissW.(ofhisulteriorviewsinreferencetothelatterIsaynothing)entirelytohimself.Thathislastact,completedbutafewmonthssince,wastoinduceMr.W.toexecutearelinquishmentofhisshareinthepartnership,andevenabillofsaleontheveryfurnitureofhishouse,inconsiderationofacertainannuity,tobewellandtrulypaidby—HEEP—onthefourcommonquarter-daysineachandeveryyear.Thatthesemeshes;beginningwithalarmingandfalsifiedaccountsoftheestateofwhichMr.W.isthereceiver,ataperiodwhenMr.W.hadlaunchedintoimprudentandill-judgedspeculations,andmaynothavehadthemoney,forwhichhewasmorallyandlegallyresponsible,inhand;goingonwithpretendedborrowingsofmoneyatenormousinterest,reallycomingfrom—HEEP-andby—HEEP—fraudulentlyobtainedorwithheldfromMr.W.

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