The narrator recalls his adolescence. He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow. He is crazy for M.r Spenlow's only daughter Dora. When he and his old nurse Peggotty(Mrs. Betsey) entered his apartment, he found his grand aunt Miss Betsey and her friend Dick be in the sitting room. She doesn't say for a while the reason why she visited him.
................................. 'Then why, my love,' said my aunt, looking earnestly at me, 'why do you think I prefer to sit upon this property of mine tonight?' I shook my head, unable to guess. 'Because,' said my aunt, 'it's all I have. Because I'm ruined, my dear!' If the house, and every one of us, had tumbled out into the river together, I could hardly have received a greater shock. 'Dick knows it,' said my aunt, laying her hand calmly on my shoulder. 'I am ruined, my dear Trot! All I have in the world is in this room, except the cottage; and that I have left Janet to let. Barkis, I want to get a bed for this gentleman tonight. To save expense, perhaps you can make up something here for myself. Anything will do. It's only for tonight. We'll talk about this, more, tomorrow.' I was roused from my amazement, and concern for her - I am sure, for her - by her falling on my neck, for a moment, and crying that she only grieved for me. In another moment she suppressed this emotion; and said with an aspect more triumphant than dejected: [David Copperfield by Charles Dickens] I'd like to know if the first "her" refers to his lover and the latter does to his grand aunt. Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon d like to know if the first "her" refers to his lover and the latter does to his grand aunt. They both seem to me to refer to his great aunt.
— Mister Micawber
park sang joon d like to know if the first "her" refers to his lover and the latter does to his grand aunt.
They both seem to me to refer to his great aunt.
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