18 



for.lmowingtheaocuraey of D ken p ^^^ 



they had ^^o- - e^* '..k c«u.^^.t>^^ ^^^^^.^ 



exaiume for ''>"^"f<^'*'-°. ■„ m-ho,.! There are, 

 David Copperfleld went J^ -1^ 1^. ,^.,^5,.,, „,,,;d 



answer to uilkius ^„„Sti,„„.utv, whohad 

 Strong's/' a»d m j^ply U, on. ot tte pa. t> , ^^^^^ ^^ 



a.ked lum to P"'"* °"* there were several that 

 said lautflun^y, tha^ Uu^^^^ ^„t,l ,1 then at 



would do. _ ;^.^™;^pj „„ o„i. homeward ]0«rney, 

 r''°fe,W^hav\n^y this tiineqWe got overthe 

 Canterbmy navia ' j ,,<.n,,h. were eniovmg 



effects of its day-sleep, ^be P-opK ^-^ ^^ J^^- ^,,= 



^-et:^LSenfi^^irzt;;; 



ance than they had done on °"V^"^;^„i„p,,, Can- 



at once forgave us au a 1^ ^^.^^ 



their ^alutat.ons as we le t the t"wn^^_^^^^^,^ ^^^^_ 



never a more 'I'^'l^gl^""' '';',',„™ The day was fast 

 ing than *e one - took U>en.^^ ^^^^.^^ 



closing m, and as there was ,.,,ttlin" pace, 



on the road we ^l-^^.f j^fu fo Cc^^toSS-/ had 



The journey *'■» " ^'^^^^Xling the time taken 

 taken ueany five hous.iueiu ■ .„ey home 



for luneheo.. and ^^^^^ ^^ fo^ot our- 

 was made in le^s tnnn i • j^ .^s to 



fatigne in ^^e enpyiu^n of -PPe._^^ 1^^^ .^^^.^_ 



me, as I look back ovci ^"^ J privilet'e, no less 

 vened, that I onpyed a great pnvi ^^ 



f ™ :r'::?^aneed"li;i" proof 'of Dicken's 



!:Sctir fcir^x:^ »« ^«^^^:^,^,^h'^ 



endeavour to prove to you why Can cr j ^ 



be one of the first cities ''ij™„'-°"""'„.,.een" the 

 everv moans in its power, to keep „iee 



CopperficW and - s<d.c^d^,r^^- ^^_^^,_^,^^ 

 his iiiemuval.l,' h, «>. "un memory 



■^^^toir'^'Mracadernvrt* Wickfield (tl.o 



Re^.vTrotwood over from Dover to see her 

 :Sicr\MrViekfieldJ^^to pay a V .^^^ 



Sl^^^ttJid^^er^r^i^'Mlrkleham.and 



^-rhe\^^rtvt-SJ22 

 Srrifj:t{thi5^S:i^^S^^- 



=^ESberrV=t 

 tions, "l-dwin "^^oou, 'v,.,:„ve it is a fact 



with absolute eeitam >■ J ^^ ^^<^^« ^^„ ^i,,, 



that oaly on- buiWmg .in ! f ";." „.^„i,.d in 

 crtaintyb. ilent.faed ^f^.^^^"^^ Hotel, 

 "David Copperfield, /'"'I t''^' "■ V.^. a thorities 

 which is said to '^^''y'"?" ."\';„' Micawber's 

 the original of * ^o^/'**^^,,,.^' .;, be those 

 favoiu-ite ^f"-S P^^:i^,J.ho were yoimg men 

 living in the ^t-V to-day wn^ ,, ^ ,^,.itten. 

 or women when ■ David Coppeinei. ^^ 



It I am coii-e-3t in "^y ? """^^^i^:,^ , infLmation 

 gentlemen can siipplj .■™''g".J,„„ Mr. Wick- 

 ?especting tte origuwls o D • ^^'on / ^^^^^..^ 

 field, yriah Hee^ or « of^^^^^^^^ j_^^.^,^ 



named ™, »'" \^bPJ^,,bouts of Dr. Strongs 

 clue as to tht ""J,^ j^, ,,„„se, they will be 

 academy or Mi- Vv'-'^f" ,, lover, of Dickens- 

 rendering a great »'^''^''' ;««' , ^^e house 

 Works. It IS thought '^y f ™ \l^ „hcn he 



wWeh Dickens ^ad^n^^s^nimd^^J^ the old 



?-s:':::l.i^h.^::^i|in|,^-,f-ts 



Copperfield' ean po-iW> a|i.x .^ ^^, ^^ 



elusion. Toward. - iL-Msavs "Bat in the courso 

 "David Copperfiehy'-i<t^^^ ^ ^,^^^ 



of the evening I had I'lni" e the street 



(Mr. Wickfield-s) andali tie va .1 n ^^^^^^^^ 



that I might have anotliei P ;P ^ . ^i,,rfield's 

 and the grey Cathedral. ^'^J^ . D,„id would 

 house had been at ^t. DimsUuY j^^ 



cert^linly have had to jalk m - tlia ^^^,^^^.^j 



along the street to get^n v^' w ot ^^ ,^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ 

 Some SIX years ago an o'" the residence 



that the house Dickens ^olectea a 

 of the lawyer -'^^^'^.f^^Z (^.,,n,^,^r.," '^ni H 

 Street, now kiiox™ as iurtoi wiekfield's 



Dickens' p-^y'^^'^J^'-^^^^AlM. this biukling 

 residence is earefully oompa.--; _^^^^^ ^^^^^.^„^ 



the likeness will l^"^^ /""^ * ,e Cathetol makes 

 auditsch.se P"Y'»"ty to »!« truthfully, 



the building and the » oij fi|^^^^^^__^^. ^^.^^ „^„,t 

 The origimil of Di. »ti n„ . .^ ..hapter 



probably the present Ku g . c < ^ described 



XVI.of "David Copperteldt'-'^ „-ith a learned 

 "as a grave building m aeo t vud«Tt 



air .about it that ^<'«'"''f "t" , " 1 wn ti-om the 

 rooks and Jackda^vs J^o ^an . t. ,^. . ^,,,,;ng 

 Cathedral towers to "'alk vvitl ^^^^, -^^^^^ ,„„,t 

 on the grass plot, and Di. bt^' '^■^.^^.lemy. The 

 have been 'l-^^^^Heeys "unble 'om.^ appears 

 whereabouts of Uiiali » V-P ,. ^^ authorities 

 tobequiteuntai..wn.an InoH ^^ 



wholLlve taken g -'t p. ns t ^^ ^^^^ 



point, mention th .otta ^^ ^^^^^ 



down in North Lane as 1 ^,^^^.,^. 



connected in any ^^> J^^An^^.n, I must 

 ;:^Spei^W™^Utoassist in the formation 



