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Chapter 24

           AsIwastakingmydeparture,heaskedmeifIwouldliketodevotefiveminutestoseeingMr.Jaggers"atit?"

           Forseveralreasons,andnotleastbecauseIdidn’tclearlyknowwhatMr.Jaggerswouldbefoundtobe"at,"Irepliedintheaffirmative.WedivedintotheCity,andcameupinacrowdedpolice-court,whereablood-relation(inthemurderoussense)ofthedeceased,withthefancifultasteinbrooches,wasstandingatthebar,uncomfortablychewingsomething;whilemyguardianhadawomanunderexaminationorcross-examinationIdon’tknowwhichandwasstrikingher,andthebench,andeverybodypresent,withawe.Ifanybody,ofwhatsoeverdegree,saidawordthathedidn’tapproveof,heinstantlyrequiredtohaveit"takendown."Ifanybodywouldn’tmakeanadmission,hesaid,"I’llhaveitoutofyou!"andifanybodymadeanadmission,hesaid,"NowIhavegotyou!"Themagistratesshiveredunderasinglebiteofhisfinger.Thievesandthief-takershungindreadraptureonhiswords,andshrankwhenahairofhiseyebrowsturnedintheirdirection.WhichsidehewasonIcouldn’tmakeout,forheseemedtometobegrindingthewholeplaceinamill;IonlyknowthatwhenIstoleoutontiptoe,hewasnotonthesideofthebench;for,hewasmakingthelegsoftheoldgentlemanwhopresided,quiteconvulsiveunderthetable,byhisdenunciationsofhisconductastherepresentativeofBritishlawandjusticeinthatchairthatday.

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