? ? ? ? 'It's not a great deal towards the furnishing,' said Traddles, 'but it's something. The table-cloths, and pillow-cases, and articles of that kind, are what discourage me most, Copperfield. So does the ironmongery - candle-boxes, and gridirons, and that sort of necessaries - because those things tell, and mount up. However, "wait
? ? ? ? and hope!" And I assure you she's the dearest girl!'
? ? ? ? 'I am quite certain of it,' said I.
? ? ? ? 'In the meantime,' said Traddles, coming back to his chair; 'and this is the end of my prosing about myself, I get on as well as I can. I don't make much, but I don't spend much. In general, I board with the people downstairs, who are very agreeable people indeed. Both Mr. and Mrs. Micawber have seen a good deal of life, and are excellent company.'
? ? ? ? 'My dear Traddles!' I quickly exclaimed. 'What are you talking about?'
? ? ? ? Traddles looked at me, as if he wondered what I was talking about.
? ? ? ? 'Mr. and Mrs. Micawber!' I repeated. 'Why, I am intimately acquainted with them!'
? ? ? ? An opportune double knock at the door, which I knew well from old experience in Windsor Terrace, and which nobody but Mr.
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