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The Emigrants

           Micawber,‘occasionallytospinthemayarn;andthemelodyofmysonWilkinswill,Itrust,beacceptableatthegalley-fire.WhenMrs.Micawberhashersea-legsonanexpressioninwhichIhopethereisnoconventionalimproprietyshewillgivethem,Idaresay,“LittleTafflin”.Porpoisesanddolphins,Ibelieve,willbefrequentlyobservedathwartourBows;and,eitheronthestarboardorthelarboardquarter,objectsofinterestwillbecontinuallydescried.Inshort,’saidMr.Micawber,withtheoldgenteelair,‘theprobabilityis,allwillbefoundsoexciting,alowandaloft,thatwhenthelookout,stationedinthemain-top,criesLand-oh!weshallbeveryconsiderablyastonished!’

           Withthatheflourishedoffthecontentsofhislittletinpot,asifhehadmadethevoyage,andhadpassedafirst-classexaminationbeforethehighestnavalauthorities.

           WhatIchieflyhope,mydearMr.Copperfield,’saidMrs.Micawber,‘is,thatinsomebranchesofourfamilywemayliveagainintheoldcountry.Donotfrown,Micawber!Idonotnowrefertomyownfamily,buttoourchildren’schildren.Howevervigorousthesapling,’saidMrs.Micawber,shakingherhead,‘Icannotforgettheparent-tree;andwhenourraceattainstoeminenceandfortune,IownIshouldwishthatfortunetoflowintothecoffersofBritannia.’

           ‘Mydear,’saidMr.Micawber,‘Britanniamusttakeherchance.

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