Quotation from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The carrier's laconic marriage proposal to Peggotty, conveyed through young David.

Citation: "Barkis is willin" — Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, Ch. 5 (1850 first volume edition). (id david-copperfield-q2)

Portrait: Dickens Gurney head, Jeremiah Gurney, Public domain.

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