Дэвид Копперфильд

Mr. Micawber’s Gauntlet

           Copperfield,Iamdelighted.Hear!’andtappingatthewall,bywayofapplause.

           Ourconversation,afterwards,tookamoreworldlyturn;Mr.MicawbertellingusthathefoundCamdenTowninconvenient,andthatthefirstthinghecontemplateddoing,whentheadvertisementshouldhavebeenthecauseofsomethingsatisfactoryturningup,wastomove.HementionedaterraceatthewesternendofOxfordStreet,frontingHydePark,onwhichhehadalwayshadhiseye,butwhichhedidnotexpecttoattainimmediately,asitwouldrequirealargeestablishment.Therewouldprobablybeaninterval,heexplained,inwhichheshouldcontenthimselfwiththeupperpartofahouse,oversomerespectableplaceofbusinesssayinPiccadilly,whichwouldbeacheerfulsituationforMrs.Micawber;andwhere,bythrowingoutabow-window,orcarryinguptheroofanotherstory,ormakingsomelittlealterationofthatsort,theymightlive,comfortablyandreputably,forafewyears.Whateverwasreservedforhim,heexpresslysaid,orwhereverhisabodemightbe,wemightrelyonthistherewouldalwaysbearoomforTraddles,andaknifeandforkforme.Weacknowledgedhiskindness;andhebeggedustoforgivehishavinglaunchedintothesepracticalandbusiness-likedetails,andtoexcuseitasnaturalinonewhowasmakingentirelynewarrangementsinlife.

           Mrs.Micawber,tappingatthewallagaintoknowifteawereready,brokeupthisparticularphaseofourfriendlyconversation.

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