Preface

           AChanceryjudgeoncehadthekindnesstoinformme,asoneofacompanyofsomehundredandfiftymenandwomennotlabouringunderanysuspicionsoflunacy,thattheCourtofChancery,thoughtheshiningsubjectofmuchpopularprejudice(atwhichpointIthoughtthejudge’seyehadacastinmydirection),wasalmostimmaculate.Therehadbeen,headmitted,atrivialblemishorsoinitsrateofprogress,butthiswasexaggeratedandhadbeenentirelyowingtothe"parsimonyofthepublic,"whichguiltypublic,itappeared,hadbeenuntillatelybentinthemostdeterminedmanneronbynomeansenlargingthenumberofChanceryjudgesappointedIbelievebyRichardtheSecond,butanyotherkingwilldoaswell.ThisseemedtometooprofoundajoketobeinsertedinthebodyofthisbookorIshouldhaverestoredittoConversationKengeortoMr.Vholes,withoneorotherofwhomIthinkitmusthaveoriginated.InsuchmouthsImighthavecoupleditwithanaptquotationfromoneofShakespeare’ssonnets:Butasitiswholesomethattheparsimoniouspublicshouldknowwhathasbeendoing,andstillisdoing,inthisconnexion,ImentionherethateverythingsetforthinthesepagesconcerningtheCourtofChanceryissubstantiallytrue,andwithinthetruth.ThecaseofGridleyisinnoessentialalteredfromoneofactualoccurrence,madepublicbyadisinterestedpersonwhowasprofessionallyacquaintedwiththewholeofthemonstrouswrongfrombeginningtoend.

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