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* "...you [[IncrediblyLamePun Heep]] of infamy!"
* David and Dora's attempt at a dinner party. The meat isn't cooked and the oysters aren't opened. Mr. Micawber tries to open one with a fork. Several minutes later, [[EpicFail the oyster still isn't open and the fork is bent]].

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* "...you [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} Heep]] of infamy!"
* David and Dora's attempt at a dinner party. The meat isn't cooked cooked, and the oysters aren't opened. Mr. Micawber tries to open one with a fork. Several minutes later, [[EpicFail the oyster still isn't open and the fork is bent]].
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** I, the moon-struck slave of Dora [...] romantically calling on the night, at intervals, to shield my Dora - I don’t exactly know what from, I suppose from fire. Perhaps from mice, to which she had a great objection.
** I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’

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** I, "I, the moon-struck slave of Dora [...] romantically calling on the night, at intervals, to shield my Dora - I don’t exactly know what from, I suppose from fire. Perhaps from mice, to which she had a great objection.
objection."
** I Upon giving Dora flowers: "I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’here!"

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* David is not above making fun of his own past love-addled state regarding Dora.
--> I, the moon-struck slave of Dora [...] romantically calling on the night, at intervals, to shield my Dora - I don’t exactly know what from, I suppose from fire. Perhaps from mice, to which she had a great objection.
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--> I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’

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* David is not above making fun of his own past love-addled state regarding Dora.
--> ** I, the moon-struck slave of Dora [...] romantically calling on the night, at intervals, to shield my Dora - I don’t exactly know what from, I suppose from fire. Perhaps from mice, to which she had a great objection.
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** I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’

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--> To see her lay the flowers against her little dimpled chin, was to lose all presence of mind and power of language in a feeble ecstasy. I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’

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--> To see her lay the flowers against her little dimpled chin, was to lose all presence of mind and power of language in a feeble ecstasy. I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’
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* David is not above making fun of his own past love-addled state regarding Dora.
--> I, the moon-struck slave of Dora [...] romantically calling on the night, at intervals, to shield my Dora - I don’t exactly know what from, I suppose from fire. Perhaps from mice, to which she had a great objection.
--> To see her lay the flowers against her little dimpled chin, was to lose all presence of mind and power of language in a feeble ecstasy. I wonder I didn’t say, ‘Kill me, if you have a heart, Miss Mills. Let me die here!’
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* A surprising number of moments the Murdstones arrive to claim custody of Davy, as the result of them coming up against Aunt Betsey.

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* A surprising number of moments when the Murdstones arrive to claim custody of Davy, as the result of them coming up against Aunt Betsey.



** Aunt Betsey's savage dig to Miss Murdstone after she says she always thought of Clara as "a mere child."

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** Aunt Betsey's savage dig to Miss Murdstone after she the latter says she always thought of Clara as "a mere child."



"No doubt!" returned Miss Murdstone, though, I thought, not with a very ready or gracious assent.

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--> "No doubt!" returned Miss Murdstone, though, I thought, not with a very ready or gracious assent.

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* A much-needed moment of levity involving the donkey when the Murdstones arrive to claim custody of Davy.
--> I saw, from behind my aunt, a sort of hurried battle-piece, in which the donkey stood resisting everybody, with all his four legs planted different ways, while Janet tried to pull him round by the bridle, Mr. Murdstone tried to lead him on, Miss Murdstone struck at Janet with a parasol, and several boys, who had come to see the engagement, shouted vigorously.

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* A much-needed moment surprising number of levity involving the donkey when moments the Murdstones arrive to claim custody of Davy.
--> I saw, from behind my aunt, a sort
Davy, as the result of hurried battle-piece, in which them coming up against Aunt Betsey.
** The struggle with
the donkey stood resisting everybody, with all his four legs planted different ways, while Janet tried until Aunt Betsey tackles it.
** Aunt Betsey's savage dig
to pull him round by the bridle, Mr. Murdstone tried to lead him on, Miss Murdstone struck at Janet after she says she always thought of Clara as "a mere child."
--> "It is a comfort to you and me, ma’am," said my aunt, "who are getting on in life, and are not likely to be made unhappy by our personal attractions, that nobody can say the same of us."
"No doubt!" returned Miss Murdstone, though, I thought, not
with a parasol, and several boys, who had come to see the engagement, shouted vigorously.very ready or gracious assent.
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* A much-needed moment of levity involving the donkey when the Murdstones arrive to claim custody of Davy.
--> I saw, from behind my aunt, a sort of hurried battle-piece, in which the donkey stood resisting everybody, with all his four legs planted different ways, while Janet tried to pull him round by the bridle, Mr. Murdstone tried to lead him on, Miss Murdstone struck at Janet with a parasol, and several boys, who had come to see the engagement, shouted vigorously.
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** Her response to being told David is a boy is to take off her bonnet and aim at his head with it.
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** Her brusque manner intimidating the doctor called to assist the birth.

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** Her brusque manner intimidating clashing badly with the mild-mannered doctor called to assist the birth.birth. Mr Chillip is properly intimidated and has no idea how to deal with her.
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-> ‘About keeping house, for instance,’ said Miss Betsey.

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-> --> ‘About keeping house, for instance,’ said Miss Betsey.
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* The entirety of chapter one where we first meet Aunt Betsey:
** Her interaction with Clara, who keeps bursting into tears.
--> ‘Do you know anything?’
--> ‘I beg your pardon, ma’am,’ faltered my mother.
-> ‘About keeping house, for instance,’ said Miss Betsey.
--> ‘Not much, I fear,’ returned my mother. ‘Not so much as I could wish. But Mr. Copperfield was teaching me—’
--> (‘Much he knew about it himself!’) said Miss Betsey in a parenthesis.
** Her brusque manner intimidating the doctor called to assist the birth.
--> ‘Well?’ said my aunt, taking the cotton out of the ear nearest to him.
--> ‘Well, ma’am,’ returned Mr. Chillip, ‘we are - we are progressing slowly, ma’am.’
--> ‘Ba—a—ah!’ said my aunt, with a perfect shake on the contemptuous interjection. And corked herself as before.
** Two hours later.
--> ‘Well?’ said my aunt, taking out the cotton on that side again.
--> ‘Well, ma’am,’ returned Mr. Chillip, ‘we are - we are progressing slowly, ma’am.’
--> ‘Ya—a—ah!’ said my aunt.
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* Barkis insists a box is full of old clothes. After his death, his will reveals that it contains three thousand pounds.

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* Barkis insists a box is full of old clothes. After his death, his will reveals that it contains three thousand pounds.pounds (roughly £450,000 in 2023!)
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* Aunt Betsey's... ''bizarre'' reaction to young!David showing up on her doorstep and telling her who he is.

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* Aunt Betsey's... ''bizarre'' reaction to young!David young David showing up on her doorstep and telling her who he is.
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* "...you [[IncrediblyLamePun Heep]] of infamy!"
* David and Dora's attempt at a dinner party. The meat isn't cooked and the oysters aren't opened. Mr. Micawber tries to open one with a fork. Several minutes later, [[EpicFail the oyster still isn't open and the fork is bent]].
--> '''Mr. Micawber:''' ...Soup?
* Barkis insists a box is full of old clothes. After his death, his will reveals that it contains three thousand pounds.
--> '''Peggotty:''' Not bad for old clothes!
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* Aunt Betsy's... ''bizarre'' reaction to young!David showing up on her doorstep and telling her who he is.
* Aunt Betsy provides another funny moment at the end of her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Murdstones. "If you come riding donkeys over my green again, I'll knock your bonnet off. And ''tread'' upon it!"

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* Aunt Betsy's...Betsey's... ''bizarre'' reaction to young!David showing up on her doorstep and telling her who he is.
* Aunt Betsy Betsey provides another funny moment at the end of her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Murdstones. "If you come riding donkeys over my green again, I'll knock your bonnet off. And ''tread'' upon it!"
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* Aunt Betsy's... ''bizarre'' reaction to young!David showing up on her doorstep and telling her who he is.
* Aunt Betsy provides another funny moment at the end of her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the Murdstones. "If you come riding donkeys over my green again, I'll knock your bonnet off. And ''tread'' upon it!"
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