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Mr. Micawber’s Transactions

           Micawber,‘itismyintentiontoregistersuchavowonthevirginpageofthefuture.Mrs.Micawberwillattestit.Itrust,’saidMr.Micawber,solemnly,‘thatmysonWilkinswilleverbearinmind,thathehadinfinitelybetterputhisfistinthefire,thanuseittohandletheserpentsthathavepoisonedthelife-bloodofhisunhappyparent!’Deeplyaffected,andchangedinamomenttotheimageofdespair,Mr.Micawberregardedtheserpentswithalookofgloomyabhorrence(inwhichhislateadmirationofthemwasnotquitesubdued),foldedthemupandputtheminhispocket.

           Thisclosedtheproceedingsoftheevening.Wewerewearywithsorrowandfatigue,andmyauntandIweretoreturntoLondononthemorrow.ItwasarrangedthattheMicawbersshouldfollowus,aftereffectingasaleoftheirgoodstoabroker;thatMr.Wickfield’saffairsshouldbebroughttoasettlement,withallconvenientspeed,underthedirectionofTraddles;andthatAgnesshouldalsocometoLondon,pendingthosearrangements.Wepassedthenightattheoldhouse,which,freedfromthepresenceoftheHeeps,seemedpurgedofadisease;andIlayinmyoldroom,likeashipwreckedwanderercomehome.

           Wewentbacknextdaytomyaunt’shousenottomine-andwhensheandIsatalone,asofold,beforegoingtobed,shesaid:

           ‘Trot,doyoureallywishtoknowwhatIhavehaduponmymindlately?’

           ‘IndeedIdo,aunt.

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