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Updated: June 2, 2025
"Well, I hear you are to be Lord 'Awkins of 'Itchin, 'Erts." "Be if I will!" said I; "Brampton's the only landed estate I have inherited, and although the old ladies who are life-tenants kept me out of it as long as they could, I shall take my title from it as the only thing I am likely to get out of it." "Bravo!" said he. "I don't like 'Awkins of 'Itchin, 'Erts.
"Not a rag of evidence," said the attorney's clerk when he delivered the little brief "not a shadder of evidence, Mr. 'Awkins. It's a walk-over, sir." I knew that meant a nominal fee, but wondered how many more similes he was going to deliver instead of the money.
'Captain 'Awkins, says my valet for I was a swell pirate, gents, an' never travelled nowhere without a man to keep my clothes brushed and the proper wrinkles in my trousers 'this 'ere twelve millions, says he, 'is werry light, says he, carryin' the bag ashore.
Thoughts of the ghosts of Raleigh, of Mary Queen of Scots and of Lady Jane Grey seemed to steady his gait and to hasten his footsteps. In a few moments we saw just ahead of us David Copperfield and Mr. Peggotty following a woman whom we could make out walking excitedly a block ahead. It was Martha, intent on suicide. "We'll get to the dock first and 'ead 'er orf," said 'Awkins.
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