2013年5月24日星期五

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To make his example the more impressive, Mr. Micawber drank
a glass of punch with an air of great enjoyment and satisfaction,
and whistled the College Hornpipe.

I did not fail to assure him that I would store these precepts in
my mind, though indeed I had no need to do so, for, at the time,
they affected me visibly. Next morning I met the whole family at
the coach office, and saw them, with a desolate heart, take their
places outside, at the back.

‘Master Copperfield,’ said Mrs. Micawber, ‘God bless you! I
never can forget all that, you know, and I never would if I could.’

‘Copperfield,’ said Mr. Micawber, ‘farewell! Every happiness
and prosperity! If, in the progress of revolving years, I could
persuade myself that my blighted destiny had been a warning to
you, I should feel that I had not occupied another man’s place in
existence altogether in vain. In case of anything turning up (of
which I am rather confident), I shall be extremely happy if it
should be in my power to improve your prospects.’

I think, as Mrs. Micawber sat at the back of the coach, with the

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