David Copperfield

CHAPTER 12

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n due time, Mr. Micawber’s petition was ripe for hearing;
and that gentleman was ordered to be discharged under
the Act, to my great joy. His creditors were not implacable;
and Mrs. Micawber informed me that even the revengeful
boot-maker had declared in open court that he bore him no
malice, but that when money was owing to him he liked to
be paid. He said he thought it was human nature.
M r Micawber returned to the King’s Bench when his
case was over, as some fees were to be settled, and some
formalities observed, before he could be actually released.
The club received him with transport, and held an harmon-
ic meeting that evening in his honour; while Mrs. Micawber
and I had a lamb’s fry in private, surrounded by the sleep-
ing family.