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The Emigrants

           Micawber,rising,‘“thateveryniceoffenceshouldbearitscomment!”Emma,Istandreproved.’

           ‘Theloss,Micawber,’observedhiswife,‘hasbeenmyfamily’s,notyours.Ifmyfamilyareatlengthsensibleofthedeprivationtowhichtheirownconducthas,inthepast,exposedthem,andnowdesiretoextendthehandoffellowship,letitnotberepulsed.’

           ‘Mydear,’hereturned,‘sobeit!’

           ‘Ifnotfortheirsakes;formine,Micawber,’saidhiswife.

           ‘Emma,’hereturned,‘thatviewofthequestionis,atsuchamoment,irresistible.Icannot,evennow,distinctlypledgemyselftofalluponyourfamily’sneck;butthememberofyourfamily,whoisnowinattendance,shallhavenogenialwarmthfrozenbyme.’

           Mr.Micawberwithdrew,andwasabsentsomelittletime;inthecourseofwhichMrs.MicawberwasnotwhollyfreefromanapprehensionthatwordsmighthavearisenbetweenhimandtheMember.Atlengththesameboyreappeared,andpresentedmewithanotewritteninpencil,andheaded,inalegalmanner,‘Heepv.Micawber’.Fromthisdocument,IlearnedthatMr.Micawberbeingagainarrested,‘Wasinafinalparoxysmofdespair;andthathebeggedmetosendhimhisknifeandpintpot,bybearer,astheymightproveserviceableduringthebriefremainderofhisexistence,injail.Healsorequested,asalastactoffriendship,thatIwouldseehisfamilytotheParishWorkhouse,andforgetthatsuchaBeingeverlived.

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