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

           

           ‘SeeSerjeantSnubbin,mydearSir!’rejoinedPerker,inutteramazement.‘Pooh,pooh,mydearSir,impossible.SeeSerjeantSnubbin!Blessyou,mydearSir,suchathingwasneverheardof,withoutaconsultationfeebeingpreviouslypaid,andaconsultationfixed.Itcouldn’tbedone,mydearSir;itcouldn’tbedone.’

           Mr.Pickwick,however,hadmadeuphismindnotonlythatitcouldbedone,butthatitshouldbedone;andtheconsequencewas,thatwithintenminutesafterhehadreceivedtheassurancethatthethingwasimpossible,hewasconductedbyhissolicitorintotheouterofficeofthegreatSerjeantSnubbinhimself.

           Itwasanuncarpetedroomoftolerabledimensions,withalargewriting-tabledrawnupnearthefire,thebaizetopofwhichhadlongsincelostallclaimtoitsoriginalhueofgreen,andhadgraduallygrowngraywithdustandage,exceptwherealltracesofitsnaturalcolourwereobliteratedbyink-stains.Uponthetablewerenumerouslittlebundlesofpaperstiedwithredtape;andbehindit,satanelderlyclerk,whosesleekappearanceandheavygoldwatch-chainpresentedimposingindicationsoftheextensiveandlucrativepracticeofMr.SerjeantSnubbin.

           ‘IstheSerjeantinhisroom,Mr.Mallard?’inquiredPerker,offeringhisboxwithallimaginablecourtesy.

           ‘Yes,heis,’wasthereply,‘buthe’sverybusy.Lookhere;notanopiniongivenyet,onanyoneofthesecases;andanexpeditionfeepaidwithallof’em.

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