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Chapter 37

           Itmay,atfirstsight,bematterofsurprisetothethoughtlessfewthatMrBrass,beingaprofessionalgentleman,shouldnothavelegallyindictedsomepartyorparties,activeinthepromotionofthenuisance,buttheywillbegoodenoughtoremember,thatasDoctorsseldomtaketheirownprescriptions,andDivinesdonotalwayspractisewhattheypreach,solawyersareshyofmeddlingwiththeLawontheirownaccount:knowingittobeanedgedtoolofuncertainapplication,veryexpensiveintheworking,andratherremarkableforitspropertiesofcloseshaving,thanforitsalwaysshavingtherightperson.

           ‘Come,’saidMrBrassoneafternoon,‘thisistwodayswithoutaPunch.I’minhopeshehasrunthrough‘emall,atlast.’

           ‘Whyareyouinhopes?’returnedMissSally.‘Whatharmdotheydo?’

           ‘Here’saprettysortofafellow!’criedBrass,layingdownhispenindespair.‘Nowhere’sanaggravatinganimal!’

           ‘Well,whatharmdotheydo?’retortedSally.

           ‘Whatharm!’criedBrass.‘Isitnoharmtohaveaconstanthallooingandhootingunderone’sverynose,distractingonefrombusiness,andmakingonegrindone’steethwithvexation?Isitnoharmtobeblindedandchokedup,andhavetheking’shighwaystoppedwithasetofscreamersandroarerswhosethroatsmustbemadeofof

           ‘Brass,’suggestedMrSwiveller.

           ‘Ah!ofbrass,’saidthelawyer,glancingathisclerk,toassurehimselfthathehadsuggestedthewordingoodfaithandwithoutanysinisterintention.

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