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Dickens, Charles

"David Copperfield"

That disadvantage is not diminished, when that pressure necessitates the drawing of stipendiary emoluments, before those emoluments are strictly due and payable. All I can say is, that my friend Heep has responded to appeals to which I need not more particularly refer, in a manner calculated to redound equally to the honour of his head, and of his heart.'


? ? ? ? 'I should not have supposed him to be very free with his money either,' I observed.


? ? ? ? 'Pardon me!' said Mr. Micawber, with an air of constraint, 'I speak of my friend Heep as I have experience.'


? ? ? ? 'I am glad your experience is so favourable,' I returned.


? ? ? ? 'You are very obliging, my dear Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber; and hummed a tune.


? ? ? ? 'Do you see much of Mr. Wickfield?' I asked, to change the subject.


? ? ? ? 'Not much,' said Mr. Micawber, slightingly. 'Mr. Wickfield is, I dare say, a man of very excellent intentions; but he is - in short, he is obsolete.'


? ? ? ? 'I am afraid his partner seeks to make him so,' said I.


? ? ? ? 'My dear Copperfield!' returned Mr. Micawber, after some uneasy evolutions on his stool, 'allow me to offer a remark! I am here, in a capacity of confidence. I am here, in a position of trust. The discussion of some topics, even with Mrs.


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