Identifier: davidcopperfield01dicke (find matches)
Title: David Copperfield
Year: 1850 (1850s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882
Subjects: Boys Orphans Young men Child labor
Publisher: Philadelphia : T.B. Peterson
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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fully in my confidence—that it is right youshould receive this grave and dispassionate assurance from ourhps. It can hardly be necessary for me to confirm anything stated bymy brother, said Mks ISIurdstone ; but I beg to observe that, of allthe boys in the world, I believe this is the worst boy. Strong! said my aunt, shortly. But not at all too strong for the facts, returned Miss Murd-stone. Ha! said my aunt. Well, sir ? I have my own opmions, resumed Mr. Murdstone, whose facedarkened more and more, the more he and my aunt observed eachother, which they did very narrowly, as to the best mode of bring-ing him up ; they are founded, in part, on my knowledge of him, andin part on my knowledge of my own means and resources. I amresponsible for them to myself I act upon them, and I say no moreabout them. It is enough that I place this boy under the eye of afriend of my own, in a respectable business ; that it does not pleasehim; that he runs away fiom it; makes himself a common vagabouQ
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The Momentous lutervicw. ^ DAVID COPPERFIELD. 253 about the country ; and comes here, in rags, to appeal to j^ou, MisaTrotwood. I wish to set before you, honorably, the exact conse-quences—so far as they are within my knowledge—<)f your abettinghim in this appeal. But about the respectable business first, said my aunt. If hehad been your own boy, you would have put him to it, jast the same,I suppose ? If he had been my brothers own boy, returned Miss Murdstone,striking in, his character, I trust, would have been altogether dif-ferent Or if the poor child, his mother, had been alive, he wouldstill have gone into the respectable business, would he ? said myaunt. I believe, said Mr. Murdstone, with an inclination of his head, that Clara would have disputed nothing, which myself and mysister Jane Murdstone were agreed was for the best. Miss Murdstone confirmed this, vnih an audible murmur. Umph ! said my aunt. Unfortunate baby! Mr. Dick, who had been rattling his money all this tim

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