pls give me the summary of the chapter murdstone and grinby's from david copperfield
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David begins his life working at Murdstone & Grinby counting house which is a rat-infested warehouse located water side. The company deals in wines and spirits which, David believe, are exported as far as the East and West Indies. David’s job comprises of cleaning, labeling, corking, and packing empty bottles for which he gets paid six or seven shillings per working week (Mon.- Sat.). Needless to say, this new, menial life is a terrible blow to David’s aspiration of becoming an erudite and a distinguished man; he misses his life at Salem House.
On the first day on the job, David is introduced to a Mr. Micawber; Mr. Micawber will see to David’s lodgings. Thus, when the workday ends (8:00 p.m.), Mr. Micawber escorts David to Windsor Terrace, a shabby house, where David will occupy rooms at the top and where Mr. Micawber and his family occupy rooms on the first floor. Mr. Micawber’s household includes Master Macawber who is about four years old; Miss Macawber, three years old; a young, dark complexioned servant who calls herself an Orfling and who the Micawbers refer to as Clickett; Mrs. Macawber; and the Macawbers’ twin babies. Not surprisingly, the family is indigent and is constantly hounded by creditors. David notices the dirty-faced boot maker in particular who makes a habit of casting verbal aspersions on the Mr. Micawbers when he is invariably denied payment.
Meanwhile, David spends much of his time keeping to himself when working. His meals are meager, and as he often gives in to the temptation of buying pastries in the mornings, there are many nights when he goes without dinner. Once, when he visits a public house for some ale, the proprietor and his wife confer on David’s circumstance and treat David to a non-alcoholic drink on the house. At work, two men, Gregory and Tipp, get in the habit of addressing David with distinction, angering the boy called Mealy Potatoes. Luckily for David, the boy called Mick Walker intercedes on David's behalf and settles Mealy down.
David spends the greater portion of his free time with the Micawbers. One day, Mrs. Micawber confides in David; she asks for a favor. Because there is no food in the house and she has no money, and because the demands of the twins won’t allow her to do it herself, she wonders whether David could pawn some articles of good on her behalf. David agrees to and does so every morning before work, beginning with some books belonging to Mr. Micawber. By and by, Mr. Micawber is incarcerated in a debtor’s prison.
It isn’t long before the Micawbers belongings are whittled down to a bed, a few chairs, and the kitchen table what with the ceaseless pawning of their articles of good. They thus live in this way for some time when Mrs. Micawber decides to join her husband at the debtor’s prison. Apparently, Mr. Micawber has secured a room of his own there, making such a move possible. Consequently, on account of his attachment to the Micawbers, David moves out of Windsor Terrace and acquires rooms nearby the debtor’s prison. (Orfling, the Micawbers’ servant also acquires rooms nearby the prison.)
David makes a habit of visiting the Micawbers in prison, and on one special occasion, he is present during a ceremony inaugurating a club the establishment of which Mr. Micawber had proposed and of which he will preside. With Captain Hopkins, Mr. Micawber’s fellow inmate and friend, assisting, the ceremony proceeds in grand style befitting Mr. Micawber’s disposition. Indeed, David notices that Mr. Micawber gets on well in debtor’s prsion better than he has ever had outside of it.