Hylas and the Nymphs

We talked much of Mr. Micawber, on many other evenings while Mr. Peggotty remained with us. He lived with us during the whole term of his stay, - which, I think, was something less than a month, - and his sister and my aunt came to London to see him. Agnes and I parted from him aboard-ship, when he sailed; and we shall never part from him more, on earth. ¡¡¡¡But before he left, he went with me to Yarmouth, to see a little tablet I had put up in the churchyard to the memory of Ham. While I was copying the plain inscription for him at his request, I saw him stoop, and gather a tuft of grass from the grave and a little earth. ¡¡¡¡'For Em'ly,' he said, as he put it in his breast.'I promised, Mas'r Davy.' And now my written story ends. I look back, once more - for the last time - before I close these leaves. ¡¡¡¡I see myself, with Agnes at my side, journeying along the road of life. I see our children and our friends around us; and I hear the roar of many voices, not indifferent to me as I travel on. ¡¡¡¡What faces are the most distinct to me in the fleeting crowd? Lo, these; all turning to me as I ask my thoughts the question! ¡¡¡¡Here is my aunt, in stronger spectacles, an old woman of four-score years and more, but upright yet, and a steady walker of six miles at a stretch in winter weather.