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I Assist at an Explosion

           Micawber’sabilitieswouldhaveafairchanceofrisinginthesocialscale?Iwillnotsay,atpresent,mightheaspiretobeGovernor,oranythingofthatsort;butwouldtherebeareasonableopeningforhistalentstodevelopthemselvesthatwouldbeamplysufficientandfindtheirownexpansion?’

           ‘Nobetteropeninganywhere,’saidmyaunt,‘foramanwhoconductshimselfwell,andisindustrious.’

           ‘Foramanwhoconductshimselfwell,’repeatedMrs.Micawber,withherclearestbusinessmanner,‘andisindustrious.Precisely.ItisevidenttomethatAustraliaisthelegitimatesphereofactionforMr.Micawber!’

           ‘Ientertaintheconviction,mydearmadam,’saidMr.Micawber,‘thatitis,underexistingcircumstances,theland,theonlyland,formyselfandfamily;andthatsomethingofanextraordinarynaturewillturnuponthatshore.Itisnodistancecomparativelyspeaking;andthoughconsiderationisduetothekindnessofyourproposal,Iassureyouthatisamerematterofform.’

           ShallIeverforgethow,inamoment,hewasthemostsanguineofmen,lookingontofortune;orhowMrs.Micawberpresentlydiscoursedaboutthehabitsofthekangaroo!ShallIeverrecallthatstreetofCanterburyonamarket-day,withoutrecallinghim,ashewalkedbackwithus;expressing,inthehardyrovingmannerheassumed,theunsettledhabitsofatemporarysojournerintheland;andlookingatthebullocks,astheycameby,withtheeyeofanAustralianfarmer!

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