Showing how Dodson and Fogg were Men of Business, and their Clerks Men of pleasure; and how an affec

           Intheground-floorfrontofadingyhouse,attheveryfarthestendofFreeman’sCourt,Cornhill,satthefourclerksofMessrs.Dodson&Fogg,twoofhisMajesty’sattorneysofthecourtsofKing’sBenchandCommonPleasatWestminster,andsolicitorsoftheHighCourtofChancerytheaforesaidclerkscatchingasfavourableglimpsesofheaven’slightandheaven’ssun,inthecourseoftheirdailylabours,asamanmighthopetodo,wereheplacedatthebottomofareasonablydeepwell;andwithouttheopportunityofperceivingthestarsintheday-time,whichthelattersecludedsituationaffords.

           Theclerks’officeofMessrs.Dodson&Foggwasadark,mouldy,earthy-smellingroom,withahighwainscottedpartitiontoscreentheclerksfromthevulgargaze,acoupleofoldwoodenchairs,averyloud-tickingclock,analmanac,anumbrella-stand,arowofhat-pegs,andafewshelves,onwhichweredepositedseveralticketedbundlesofdirtypapers,someolddealboxeswithpaperlabels,andsundrydecayedstoneinkbottlesofvariousshapesandsizes.Therewasaglassdoorleadingintothepassagewhichformedtheentrancetothecourt,andontheoutersideofthisglassdoor,Mr.Pickwick,closelyfollowedbySamWeller,presentedhimselfontheFridaymorningsucceedingtheoccurrenceofwhichafaithfulnarrationisgiveninthelastchapter.

           ‘Comein,can’tyou!’criedavoicefrombehindthepartition,inreplytoMr.Pickwick’sgentletapatthedoor.AndMr.PickwickandSamenteredaccordingly.

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