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Which is all about the Law, and sundry Great Authorities learned therein

           Therearevarietiesofthegenus,toonumeroustorecapitulate,buthowevernumeroustheymaybe,theyarealltobeseen,atcertainregulatedbusinesshours,hurryingtoandfromtheplaceswehavejustmentioned.

           Thesesequesterednooksarethepublicofficesofthelegalprofession,wherewritsareissued,judgmentssigned,declarationsfiled,andnumerousotheringeniousmachinesputinmotionforthetortureandtormentofHisMajesty’sliegesubjects,andthecomfortandemolumentofthepractitionersofthelaw.Theyare,forthemostpart,low-roofed,mouldyrooms,whereinnumerablerollsofparchment,whichhavebeenperspiringinsecretforthelastcentury,sendforthanagreeableodour,whichismingledbydaywiththescentofthedry-rot,andbynightwiththevariousexhalationswhicharisefromdampcloaks,festeringumbrellas,andthecoarsesttallowcandles.

           Abouthalf-pastseveno’clockintheevening,sometendaysorafortnightafterMr.PickwickandhisfriendsreturnedtoLondon,therehurriedintooneoftheseoffices,anindividualinabrowncoatandbrassbuttons,whoselonghairwasscrupulouslytwistedroundtherimofhisnaplesshat,andwhosesoileddrabtrousersweresotightlystrappedoverhisBlucherboots,thathiskneesthreatenedeverymomenttostartfromtheirconcealment.Heproducedfromhiscoatpocketsalongandnarrowstripofparchment,onwhichthepresidingfunctionaryimpressedanillegibleblackstamp.

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