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Enthusiasm

           Itismyintention,mydearCopperfield,toeducatemysonfortheChurch;IwillnotdenythatIshouldbehappy,onhisaccount,toattaintoeminence.’

           ‘FortheChurch?’saidI,stillpondering,betweenwhiles,onUriahHeep.

           ‘Yes,’saidMr.Micawber.‘Hehasaremarkablehead-voice,andwillcommenceasachorister.OurresidenceatCanterbury,andourlocalconnexion,will,nodoubt,enablehimtotakeadvantageofanyvacancythatmayariseintheCathedralcorps.’

           OnlookingatMasterMicawberagain,Isawthathehadacertainexpressionofface,asifhisvoicewerebehindhiseyebrows;whereitpresentlyappearedtobe,onhissingingus(asanalternativebetweenthatandbed)‘TheWood-Peckertapping’.Aftermanycomplimentsonthisperformance,wefellintosomegeneralconversation;andasIwastoofullofmydesperateintentionstokeepmyalteredcircumstancestomyself,ImadethemknowntoMr.andMrs.Micawber.Icannotexpresshowextremelydelightedtheybothwere,bytheideaofmyaunt’sbeingindifficulties;andhowcomfortableandfriendlyitmadethem.

           Whenwewerenearlycometothelastroundofthepunch,IaddressedmyselftoTraddles,andremindedhimthatwemustnotseparate,withoutwishingourfriendshealth,happiness,andsuccessintheirnewcareer.IbeggedMr.Micawbertofillusbumpers,andproposedthetoastindueform:shakinghandswithhimacrossthetable,andkissingMrs.Micawber,tocommemoratethateventfuloccasion.

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