David Copperfield Chapter 24 - My First Dissipation

In which we find our young friend elevated to the lordship of his own lodgings, indulging in the novelty and solitude of independence with a mixture of pride and a touch of melancholy. A convivial gathering ensues, marked by youthful exuberance and the occasional, inevitable pangs of repentance that attend one’s first foray into the world of social pleasures.