? ? ? ? 'The luxuries of the old country,' said Mr. Micawber, with an intense satisfaction in their renouncement, 'we abandon. The denizens of the forest cannot, of course, expect to participate in the refinements of the land of the Free.'
? ? ? ? Here, a boy came in to say that Mr. Micawber was wanted downstairs.
? ? ? ? 'I have a presentiment,' said Mrs. Micawber, setting down her tin pot, 'that it is a member of my family!'
? ? ? ? 'If so, my dear,' observed Mr. Micawber, with his usual suddenness of warmth on that subject, 'as the member of your family - whoever he, she, or it, may be - has kept us waiting for a considerable period, perhaps the Member may now wait MY convenience.'
? ? ? ? 'Micawber,' said his wife, in a low tone, 'at such a time as this -'
? ? ? ? '"It is not meet,"' said Mr.
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