and after Master and Miss Micawber

[Gabriel Aparta]

Hello everyone, please, from David Copperfield:

We had half-an-hour's talk, all together; and I asked her about the twins, who, she said, were 'grown great creatures'; and after Master and Miss Micawber, whom she described as 'absolute giants', but they were not produced on that occasion.

I'm sorry but I don't get what after means in here. This is a lady with 4 children, 2 grown ups (Master and Miss M.) and 2 kids (the twins).

Thanks for your help!

 

[entangledbank]

He asked after them = he asked about them (how they were doing, etc.).

 

[Gabriel Aparta]

Mmm, I hadn't heard that one before, thank you very much entagledbank