[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookDavid Copperfield CHAPTER 28 21/35
Mr.Micawber pledged her.
So did I.Traddles thanked us both, by saying, with a simplicity and honesty I had sense enough to be quite charmed with, 'I am very much obliged to you indeed.
And I do assure you, she's the dearest girl!--' Mr.Micawber took an early opportunity, after that, of hinting, with the utmost delicacy and ceremony, at the state of MY affections.
Nothing but the serious assurance of his friend Copperfield to the contrary, he observed, could deprive him of the impression that his friend Copperfield loved and was beloved.
After feeling very hot and uncomfortable for some time, and after a good deal of blushing, stammering, and denying, I said, having my glass in my hand, 'Well! I would give them D.!' which so excited and gratified Mr.Micawber, that he ran with a glass of punch into my bedroom, in order that Mrs. Micawber might drink D., who drank it with enthusiasm, crying from within, in a shrill voice, 'Hear, hear! My dear Mr.Copperfield, I am delighted.
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