11 David Copperfield
forgive us all!
So we rode back to her little cottage at Highgate, where
we found the following short note, which had arrived by
that morning’s post from Mr. Micawber:
‘Canterbury,‘Friday.‘My dear Madam, and Copperfield,‘The fair land of promise lately looming on the horizon
is again enveloped in impenetrable mists, and for ever
withdrawn from the eyes of a drifting wretch whose Doom is
sealed!‘Another writ has been issued (in His Majesty’s High Court of
King’s Bench at Westminster), in another cause of HEEP V.
MICAWBER, and the defendant in that cause is the prey of
the sheriff having legal jurisdiction in this bailiwick.‘Now’s the day, and now’s the hour,
See the front of battle lower,
See approach proud EDWARD’S power -
Chains and slavery!‘Consigned to which, and to a speedy end (for mental torture
is not supportable beyond a certain point, and that point I
feel I have attained), my course is run. Bless you, bless you!