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           Theplacewaslastpaintedorwhitewashedbeyondthememoryofman,andthetwochimneyssmoke,andthereisalooseoutersurfaceofsooteverywhere,andthedullcrackedwindowsintheirheavyframeshavebutonepieceofcharacterinthem,whichisadeterminationtobealwaysdirtyandalwaysshutunlesscoerced.Thisaccountsforthephenomenonoftheweakerofthetwousuallyhavingabundleoffirewoodthrustbetweenitsjawsinhotweather.Mr.Vholesisaveryrespectableman.Hehasnotalargebusiness,butheisaveryrespectableman.Heisallowedbythegreaterattorneyswhohavemadegoodfortunesoraremakingthemtobeamostrespectableman.Henevermissesachanceinhispractice,whichisamarkofrespectability.Henevertakesanypleasure,whichisanothermarkofrespectability.Heisreservedandserious,whichisanothermarkofrespectability.Hisdigestionisimpaired,whichishighlyrespectable.Andheismakinghayofthegrasswhichisflesh,forhisthreedaughters.AndhisfatherisdependentonhimintheValeofTaunton.TheonegreatprincipleoftheEnglishlawistomakebusinessforitself.Thereisnootherprincipledistinctly,certainly,andconsistentlymaintainedthroughallitsnarrowturnings.Viewedbythislightitbecomesacoherentschemeandnotthemonstrousmazethelaityareapttothinkit.Letthembutonceclearlyperceivethatitsgrandprincipleistomakebusinessforitselfattheirexpense,andsurelytheywillceasetogrumble.

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