We twa hae run about the braes

And pu’d the gowans’ fine

— in a figurative point of view — on several occasions. I am not exactly

aware,’ said Mr. Micawber, with the old roll in his voice, and the old

indescribable air of saying something genteel, ‘what gowans may be, but

I have no doubt that Copperfield and myself would frequently have taken

a pull at them, if it had been feasible.’

Mr. Micawber, at the then present moment, took a pull at his punch. So we all did: Traddles evidently lost in wondering at what distant time Mr.