Joe, of course, married Dolly Varden, and the locksmith gave her such a generous marriage portion that he was able to set up in business, succeeding his father as landlord of the old Maypole Inn, and there they lived long and happily. Barnaby Rudge, after the death of his father, gradually became more rational and was everywhere a great favorite with old and young. He and his mother lived always on the Maypole farm, and there were never two more contented souls than they. As for Grip, the raven, he soon forgot his jail experience and grew sleek and glossy again. For a whole year he never uttered a word till one sunny morning he suddenly broke out with, "I'm a devil, I'm a devil, I'm a devil!" in extraordinary rapture. From that time on he talked more and more, and as he was only one hundred and fifty years old when Barnaby was gray headed (a mere infant for a raven) he is very probably talking yet. THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD Published 1849-1850 _Scene_: London, Yarmouth, Dover and the Country _Time_: 1812 to 1842 CHARACTERS David Copperfield A fatherless boy Miss Betsy Trotwood His aunt Peggotty His nurse Mr. Murdstone His stepfather Miss Murdstone Mr. Murdstone's sister Mr. Peggotty A fisherman Peggotty's brother Ham Their nephew Mrs. Gummidge The widow of Mr. Peggotty's dead partner "Little Em'ly" Peggotty's orphan niece Barkis A cart driver Later, Peggotty's husband Mr. Creakle Proprietor of a boys' school Tommy Traddles } } Schoolmates and friends of David's James Steerforth } Mr. Micawber A London friend of David's Always "waiting for something to turn up" "Mr. Dick" A simple-minded relative of Miss Betsy Trotwood's Mr. Wickfield Miss Betsy's lawyer Agnes His daughter Uriah Heep His clerk Later, his partner Doctor Strong David's schoolmaster in Dover Dora Spenlow The daughter of David's employer and his "child-wife" DAVID COPPERFIELD I DAVID'S EARLY UPS AND DOWNS