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           Onlyabarristeriseligibleforsuchpreferments;andMr.Micawbercouldnotbeabarrister,withoutbeingenteredataninnofcourtasastudent,forfiveyears.’

           ‘DoIfollowyou?’saidMrs.Micawber,withhermostaffableairofbusiness.‘DoIunderstand,mydearMr.Traddles,that,attheexpirationofthatperiod,Mr.MicawberwouldbeeligibleasaJudgeorChancellor?’

           ‘HewouldbeELIGIBLE,’returnedTraddles,withastrongemphasisonthatword.

           ‘Thankyou,’saidMrs.Micawber.‘Thatisquitesufficient.Ifsuchisthecase,andMr.Micawberforfeitsnoprivilegebyenteringontheseduties,myanxietyissetatrest.Ispeak,’saidMrs.Micawber,‘asafemale,necessarily;butIhavealwaysbeenofopinionthatMr.MicawberpossesseswhatIhaveheardmypapacall,whenIlivedathome,thejudicialmind;andIhopeMr.Micawberisnowenteringonafieldwherethatmindwilldevelopitself,andtakeacommandingstation.’

           IquitebelievethatMr.Micawbersawhimself,inhisjudicialmind’seye,onthewoolsack.Hepassedhishandcomplacentlyoverhisbaldhead,andsaidwithostentatiousresignation:

           ‘Mydear,wewillnotanticipatethedecreesoffortune.IfIamreservedtowearawig,Iamatleastprepared,externally,’inallusiontohisbaldness,‘forthatdistinction.Idonot,’saidMr.Micawber,‘regretmyhair,andImayhavebeendeprivedofitforaspecificpurpose.Icannotsay.

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