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Before the ladies had tiyman called immediately on Mr Micklewham to read the letter

which he had received from the Doctor; and which the worthy dominie did

without delay, in that rich and full voice hich he is accustomed to

teach his scholars elocution by exale, DD, to Mr Micklewham, Schoolmaster and

Session-Clerk, Garnock

LONDON

Dear Sir--I have beento your letter of the 3rd

of last ht in civility to have been, but really time, in

this town of London, runs at a fast rate, and the day passes before the

dark's done What with Mrs Pringle and her daughter's concerne to Captain Sabre, and the trouble I felt ed to take in the queen's affair, I assure you, Mr Micklewham, that

it's no to be expressed how I have been occupied for the last four weeks

But all things le

is ht to an end--upon the

subject and motion of the same, I offer no opinion, for Iresolved to stand by THE WORD from the

first, which is clearly and plainly written in the queen's favour, and it