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A New Lodger

           Onthestrengthoftheseprofoundviews,heinthemostingeniousmannertakesinfinitepainstocounterplotwhenthereisnoplot,andplaysthedeepestgamesofchesswithoutanyadversary.ItisasourceofmuchgratificationtoMr.Guppy,therefore,tofindthenew-comerconstantlyporingoverthepapersinJarndyceandJarndyce,forhewellknowsthatnothingbutconfusionandfailurecancomeofthat.HissatisfactioncommunicatesitselftoathirdsauntererthroughthelongvacationinKengeandCarboy’soffice,towit,YoungSmallweed.WhetherYoungSmallweed(metaphoricallycalledSmallandekeChickWeed,asitwerejocularlytoexpressafledgling)waseveraboyismuchdoubtedinLincoln’sInn.Heisnowsomethingunderfifteenandanoldlimbofthelaw.Heisfacetiouslyunderstoodtoentertainapassionforaladyatacigar-shopintheneighbourhoodofChanceryLaneandforhersaketohavebrokenoffacontractwithanotherlady,towhomhehadbeenengagedsomeyears.Heisatown-madearticle,ofsmallstatureandweazenfeatures,butmaybeperceivedfromaconsiderabledistancebymeansofhisverytallhat.TobecomeaGuppyistheobjectofhisambition.Hedressesatthatgentleman(bywhomheispatronized),talksathim,walksathim,foundshimselfentirelyonhim.HeishonouredwithMr.Guppy’sparticularconfidenceandoccasionallyadviseshim,fromthedeepwellsofhisexperience,ondifficultpointsinprivatelife.Mr.

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