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‘
You
are
to
understan
’
,
Mas
’
r
Davy
,
’
said
he
,
‘
as
we
have
left
the
Bush
now
,
being
so
well
to
do
;
and
have
gone
right
away
round
to
Port
Middlebay
Harbour
,
wheer
theer
’
s
what
we
call
a
town
.
’
‘
Mr
.
Micawber
was
in
the
Bush
near
you
?
’
said
I
.
‘
Bless
you
,
yes
,
’
said
Mr
.
Peggotty
,
‘
and
turned
to
with
a
will
.
I
never
wish
to
meet
a
better
gen
’
l
’
man
for
turning
to
with
a
will
.
I
’
ve
seen
that
theer
bald
head
of
his
a
perspiring
in
the
sun
,
Mas
’
r
Davy
,
till
I
a
’
most
thowt
it
would
have
melted
away
.
And
now
he
’
s
a
Magistrate
.
’
‘
A
Magistrate
,
eh
?
’
said
I
.
Mr
.
Peggotty
pointed
to
a
certain
paragraph
in
the
newspaper
,
where
I
read
aloud
as
follows
,
from
the
Port
Middlebay
Times
:
‘
The
public
dinner
to
our
distinguished
fellow
-
colonist
and
townsman
,
WILKINS
MICAWBER
,
ESQUIRE
,
Port
Middlebay
District
Magistrate
,
came
off
yesterday
in
the
large
room
of
the
Hotel
,
which
was
crowded
to
suffocation
.
It
is
estimated
that
not
fewer
than
forty
-
seven
persons
must
have
been
accommodated
with
dinner
at
one
time
,
exclusive
of
the
company
in
the
passage
and
on
the
stairs
.
The
beauty
,
fashion
,
and
exclusiveness
of
Port
Middlebay
,
flocked
to
do
honour
to
one
so
deservedly
esteemed
,
so
highly
talented
,
and
so
widely
popular
.
Doctor
Mell
(
of
Colonial
Salem
-
House
Grammar
School
,
Port
Middlebay
)
presided
,
and
on
his
right
sat
the
distinguished
guest
.
After
the
removal
of
the
cloth
,
and
the
singing
of
Non
Nobis
(
beautifully
executed
,
and
in
which
we
were
at
no
loss
to
distinguish
the
bell
-
like
notes
of
that
gifted
amateur
,
WILKINS
MICAWBER
,
ESQUIRE
,
JUNIOR
)
,
the
usual
loyal
and
patriotic
toasts
were
severally
given
and
rapturously
received
.
Doctor
Mell
,
in
a
speech
replete
with
feeling
,
then
proposed
“
Our
distinguished
Guest
,
the
ornament
of
our
town
.
May
he
never
leave
us
but
to
better
himself
,
and
may
his
success
among
us
be
such
as
to
render
his
bettering
himself
impossible
!
”
The
cheering
with
which
the
toast
was
received
defies
description
.
Again
and
again
it
rose
and
fell
,
like
the
waves
of
ocean
.
At
length
all
was
hushed
,
and
WILKINS
MICAWBER
,
ESQUIRE
,
presented
himself
to
return
thanks
.
Far
be
it
from
us
,
in
the
present
comparatively
imperfect
state
of
the
resources
of
our
establishment
,
to
endeavour
to
follow
our
distinguished
townsman
through
the
smoothly
-
flowing
periods
of
his
polished
and
highly
-
ornate
address
!
Suffice
it
to
observe
,
that
it
was
a
masterpiece
of
eloquence
;
and
that
those
passages
in
which
he
more
particularly
traced
his
own
successful
career
to
its
source
,
and
warned
the
younger
portion
of
his
auditory
from
the
shoals
of
ever
incurring
pecuniary
liabilities
which
they
were
unable
to
liquidate
,
brought
a
tear
into
the
manliest
eye
present
.
The
remaining
toasts
were
DOCTOR
MELL
;
Mrs
.
MICAWBER
(
who
gracefully
bowed
her
acknowledgements
from
the
side
-
door
,
where
a
galaxy
of
beauty
was
elevated
on
chairs
,
at
once
to
witness
and
adorn
the
gratifying
scene
)
,
Mrs
.
RIDGER
BEGS
(
late
Miss
Micawber
)
;
Mrs
.
MELL
;
WILKINS
MICAWBER
,
ESQUIRE
,
JUNIOR
(
who
convulsed
the
assembly
by
humorously
remarking
that
he
found
himself
unable
to
return
thanks
in
a
speech
,
but
would
do
so
,
with
their
permission
,
in
a
song
)
;
Mrs
.
MICAWBER
’
S
FAMILY
(
well
known
,
it
is
needless
to
remark
,
in
the
mother
-
country
)
,
&
c
.
&
c
.
&
c
.
At
the
conclusion
of
the
proceedings
the
tables
were
cleared
as
if
by
art
-
magic
for
dancing
.
Among
the
votaries
of
TERPSICHORE
,
who
disported
themselves
until
Sol
gave
warning
for
departure
,
Wilkins
Micawber
,
Esquire
,
Junior
,
and
the
lovely
and
accomplished
Miss
Helena
,
fourth
daughter
of
Doctor
Mell
,
were
particularly
remarkable
.
’
I
was
looking
back
to
the
name
of
Doctor
Mell
,
pleased
to
have
discovered
,
in
these
happier
circumstances
,
Mr
.
Mell
,
formerly
poor
pinched
usher
to
my
Middlesex
magistrate
,
when
Mr
.
Peggotty
pointing
to
another
part
of
the
paper
,
my
eyes
rested
on
my
own
name
,
and
I
read
thus
:
