Chapter 395

and it may be for ever, with an individual linked by strong

associations to the altar of our domestic life. If, on the eve of

such a departure, you will accompany our mutual friend, Mr. Thomas

Traddles, to our present abode, and there reciprocate the wishes

natural to the occasion, you will confer a Boon

‘On

‘One

‘Who

‘Is

‘Ever yours,

‘''Wilkins Micawber''.’

I was glad to find that Mr. Micawber had got rid of his dust and ashes, and that something really had turned up at last. Learning from Traddles that the invitation referred to the evening then wearing away, I expressed my readiness to do honour to it; and we went off together to the lodging which Mr. Micawber occupied as Mr. Mortimer, and which was situated near the top of the Gray’s Inn Road.

The resources of this lodging were so limited, that we……