“After premising thus much, it would be a work of supererogation to add that dust and ashes are for ever scattered

“On
             “The
                          “Head
                                    “Of

“Wilkins Micawber.”

Poor Traddles! I knew enough of Mr. Micawber by this time, to foresee that he might be expected to recover the blow; but my night’s rest was sorely distressed by thoughts of Traddles, and of the curate’s daughter, who was one of ten, down in Devonshire, and who was such a dear girl, and who would wait for Traddles (ominous praise!) until she was sixty, or any age that could be mentioned.