“The

“Head

“Of

“Wilkins Micawber.”

“Sir⁠—for I dare not say my dear Copperfield,

“It is expedient that I should inform you that the undersigned is Crushed. Some flickering efforts to spare you the premature knowledge of his calamitous position, you may observe in him this day; but hope has sunk beneath the horizon, and the undersigned is Crushed.