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But
I
found
out
afterwards
that
he
was
a
mild
man
of
a
heavy
temperament
,
whose
place
in
the
business
was
to
keep
himself
in
the
background
,
and
be
constantly
exhibited
by
name
as
the
most
obdurate
and
ruthless
of
men
.
If
a
clerk
wanted
his
salary
raised
,
Mr
.
Jorkins
wouldn
’
t
listen
to
such
a
proposition
.
If
a
client
were
slow
to
settle
his
bill
of
costs
,
Mr
.
Jorkins
was
resolved
to
have
it
paid
;
and
however
painful
these
things
might
be
(
and
always
were
)
to
the
feelings
of
Mr
.
Spenlow
,
Mr
.
Jorkins
would
have
his
bond
.
The
heart
and
hand
of
the
good
angel
Spenlow
would
have
been
always
open
,
but
for
the
restraining
demon
Jorkins
.
As
I
have
grown
older
,
I
think
I
have
had
experience
of
some
other
houses
doing
business
on
the
principle
of
Spenlow
and
Jorkins
!
It
was
settled
that
I
should
begin
my
month
’
s
probation
as
soon
as
I
pleased
,
and
that
my
aunt
need
neither
remain
in
town
nor
return
at
its
expiration
,
as
the
articles
of
agreement
,
of
which
I
was
to
be
the
subject
,
could
easily
be
sent
to
her
at
home
for
her
signature
.
When
we
had
got
so
far
,
Mr
.
Spenlow
offered
to
take
me
into
Court
then
and
there
,
and
show
me
what
sort
of
place
it
was
.
As
I
was
willing
enough
to
know
,
we
went
out
with
this
object
,
leaving
my
aunt
behind
;
who
would
trust
herself
,
she
said
,
in
no
such
place
,
and
who
,
I
think
,
regarded
all
Courts
of
Law
as
a
sort
of
powder
-
mills
that
might
blow
up
at
any
time
.
Mr
.
Spenlow
conducted
me
through
a
paved
courtyard
formed
of
grave
brick
houses
,
which
I
inferred
,
from
the
Doctors
’
names
upon
the
doors
,
to
be
the
official
abiding
-
places
of
the
learned
advocates
of
whom
Steerforth
had
told
me
;
and
into
a
large
dull
room
,
not
unlike
a
chapel
to
my
thinking
,
on
the
left
hand
.
The
upper
part
of
this
room
was
fenced
off
from
the
rest
;
and
there
,
on
the
two
sides
of
a
raised
platform
of
the
horse
-
shoe
form
,
sitting
on
easy
old
-
fashioned
dining
-
room
chairs
,
were
sundry
gentlemen
in
red
gowns
and
grey
wigs
,
whom
I
found
to
be
the
Doctors
aforesaid
.
Blinking
over
a
little
desk
like
a
pulpit
-
desk
,
in
the
curve
of
the
horse
-
shoe
,
was
an
old
gentleman
,
whom
,
if
I
had
seen
him
in
an
aviary
,
I
should
certainly
have
taken
for
an
owl
,
but
who
,
I
learned
,
was
the
presiding
judge
.
In
the
space
within
the
horse
-
shoe
,
lower
than
these
,
that
is
to
say
,
on
about
the
level
of
the
floor
,
were
sundry
other
gentlemen
,
of
Mr
.
Spenlow
’
s
rank
,
and
dressed
like
him
in
black
gowns
with
white
fur
upon
them
,
sitting
at
a
long
green
table
.
Their
cravats
were
in
general
stiff
,
I
thought
,
and
their
looks
haughty
;
but
in
this
last
respect
I
presently
conceived
I
had
done
them
an
injustice
,
for
when
two
or
three
of
them
had
to
rise
and
answer
a
question
of
the
presiding
dignitary
,
I
never
saw
anything
more
sheepish
.
The
public
,
represented
by
a
boy
with
a
comforter
,
and
a
shabby
-
genteel
man
secretly
eating
crumbs
out
of
his
coat
pockets
,
was
warming
itself
at
a
stove
in
the
centre
of
the
Court
.
The
languid
stillness
of
the
place
was
only
broken
by
the
chirping
of
this
fire
and
by
the
voice
of
one
of
the
Doctors
,
who
was
wandering
slowly
through
a
perfect
library
of
evidence
,
and
stopping
to
put
up
,
from
time
to
time
,
at
little
roadside
inns
of
argument
on
the
journey
.
Altogether
,
I
have
never
,
on
any
occasion
,
made
one
at
such
a
cosey
,
dosey
,
old
-
fashioned
,
time
-
forgotten
,
sleepy
-
headed
little
family
-
party
in
all
my
life
;
and
I
felt
it
would
be
quite
a
soothing
opiate
to
belong
to
it
in
any
character
—
except
perhaps
as
a
suitor
.
Very
well
satisfied
with
the
dreamy
nature
of
this
retreat
,
I
informed
Mr
.
Spenlow
that
I
had
seen
enough
for
that
time
,
and
we
rejoined
my
aunt
;
in
company
with
whom
I
presently
departed
from
the
Commons
,
feeling
very
young
when
I
went
out
of
Spenlow
and
Jorkins
’
s
,
on
account
of
the
clerks
poking
one
another
with
their
pens
to
point
me
out
.
We
arrived
at
Lincoln
’
s
Inn
Fields
without
any
new
adventures
,
except
encountering
an
unlucky
donkey
in
a
costermonger
’
s
cart
,
who
suggested
painful
associations
to
my
aunt
.
We
had
another
long
talk
about
my
plans
,
when
we
were
safely
housed
;
and
as
I
knew
she
was
anxious
to
get
home
,
and
,
between
fire
,
food
,
and
pickpockets
,
could
never
be
considered
at
her
ease
for
half
-
an
-
hour
in
London
,
I
urged
her
not
to
be
uncomfortable
on
my
account
,
but
to
leave
me
to
take
care
of
myself
.
‘
I
have
not
been
here
a
week
tomorrow
,
without
considering
that
too
,
my
dear
,
’
she
returned
.
‘
There
is
a
furnished
little
set
of
chambers
to
be
let
in
the
Adelphi
,
Trot
,
which
ought
to
suit
you
to
a
marvel
.
’
With
this
brief
introduction
,
she
produced
from
her
pocket
an
advertisement
,
carefully
cut
out
of
a
newspaper
,
setting
forth
that
in
Buckingham
Street
in
the
Adelphi
there
was
to
be
let
furnished
,
with
a
view
of
the
river
,
a
singularly
desirable
,
and
compact
set
of
chambers
,
forming
a
genteel
residence
for
a
young
gentleman
,
a
member
of
one
of
the
Inns
of
Court
,
or
otherwise
,
with
immediate
possession
.
Terms
moderate
,
and
could
be
taken
for
a
month
only
,
if
required
.
