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‘
So
lately
,
that
I
should
think
they
had
been
waiting
for
that
.
’
‘
Lord
deliver
her
!
’
said
Peggotty
.
So
very
emphatically
and
unexpectedly
,
that
we
were
all
three
discomposed
;
until
Tiffey
came
in
with
the
bill
.
Old
Tiffey
soon
appeared
,
however
,
and
handed
it
to
Mr
.
Spenlow
,
to
look
over
.
Mr
.
Spenlow
,
settling
his
chin
in
his
cravat
and
rubbing
it
softly
,
went
over
the
items
with
a
deprecatory
air
—
as
if
it
were
all
Jorkins
’
s
doing
—
and
handed
it
back
to
Tiffey
with
a
bland
sigh
.
‘
Yes
,
’
he
said
.
‘
That
’
s
right
.
Quite
right
.
I
should
have
been
extremely
happy
,
Copperfield
,
to
have
limited
these
charges
to
the
actual
expenditure
out
of
pocket
,
but
it
is
an
irksome
incident
in
my
professional
life
,
that
I
am
not
at
liberty
to
consult
my
own
wishes
.
I
have
a
partner
—
Mr
.
Jorkins
.
’
As
he
said
this
with
a
gentle
melancholy
,
which
was
the
next
thing
to
making
no
charge
at
all
,
I
expressed
my
acknowledgements
on
Peggotty
’
s
behalf
,
and
paid
Tiffey
in
banknotes
.
Peggotty
then
retired
to
her
lodging
,
and
Mr
.
Spenlow
and
I
went
into
Court
,
where
we
had
a
divorce
-
suit
coming
on
,
under
an
ingenious
little
statute
(
repealed
now
,
I
believe
,
but
in
virtue
of
which
I
have
seen
several
marriages
annulled
)
,
of
which
the
merits
were
these
.
The
husband
,
whose
name
was
Thomas
Benjamin
,
had
taken
out
his
marriage
licence
as
Thomas
only
;
suppressing
the
Benjamin
,
in
case
he
should
not
find
himself
as
comfortable
as
he
expected
.
NOT
finding
himself
as
comfortable
as
he
expected
,
or
being
a
little
fatigued
with
his
wife
,
poor
fellow
,
he
now
came
forward
,
by
a
friend
,
after
being
married
a
year
or
two
,
and
declared
that
his
name
was
Thomas
Benjamin
,
and
therefore
he
was
not
married
at
all
.
Which
the
Court
confirmed
,
to
his
great
satisfaction
.
I
must
say
that
I
had
my
doubts
about
the
strict
justice
of
this
,
and
was
not
even
frightened
out
of
them
by
the
bushel
of
wheat
which
reconciles
all
anomalies
.
But
Mr
.
Spenlow
argued
the
matter
with
me
.
He
said
,
Look
at
the
world
,
there
was
good
and
evil
in
that
;
look
at
the
ecclesiastical
law
,
there
was
good
and
evil
in
THAT
.
It
was
all
part
of
a
system
.
Very
good
.
There
you
were
!
I
had
not
the
hardihood
to
suggest
to
Dora
’
s
father
that
possibly
we
might
even
improve
the
world
a
little
,
if
we
got
up
early
in
the
morning
,
and
took
off
our
coats
to
the
work
;
but
I
confessed
that
I
thought
we
might
improve
the
Commons
.
Mr
.
Spenlow
replied
that
he
would
particularly
advise
me
to
dismiss
that
idea
from
my
mind
,
as
not
being
worthy
of
my
gentlemanly
character
;
but
that
he
would
be
glad
to
hear
from
me
of
what
improvement
I
thought
the
Commons
susceptible
?
Taking
that
part
of
the
Commons
which
happened
to
be
nearest
to
us
-
for
our
man
was
unmarried
by
this
time
,
and
we
were
out
of
Court
,
and
strolling
past
the
Prerogative
Office
—
I
submitted
that
I
thought
the
Prerogative
Office
rather
a
queerly
managed
institution
.
Mr
.
Spenlow
inquired
in
what
respect
?
I
replied
,
with
all
due
deference
to
his
experience
(
but
with
more
deference
,
I
am
afraid
,
to
his
being
Dora
’
s
father
)
,
that
perhaps
it
was
a
little
nonsensical
that
the
Registry
of
that
Court
,
containing
the
original
wills
of
all
persons
leaving
effects
within
the
immense
province
of
Canterbury
,
for
three
whole
centuries
,
should
be
an
accidental
building
,
never
designed
for
the
purpose
,
leased
by
the
registrars
for
their
Own
private
emolument
,
unsafe
,
not
even
ascertained
to
be
fire
-
proof
,
choked
with
the
important
documents
it
held
,
and
positively
,
from
the
roof
to
the
basement
,
a
mercenary
speculation
of
the
registrars
,
who
took
great
fees
from
the
public
,
and
crammed
the
public
’
s
wills
away
anyhow
and
anywhere
,
having
no
other
object
than
to
get
rid
of
them
cheaply
.
That
,
perhaps
,
it
was
a
little
unreasonable
that
these
registrars
in
the
receipt
of
profits
amounting
to
eight
or
nine
thousand
pounds
a
year
(
to
say
nothing
of
the
profits
of
the
deputy
registrars
,
and
clerks
of
seats
)
,
should
not
be
obliged
to
spend
a
little
of
that
money
,
in
finding
a
reasonably
safe
place
for
the
important
documents
which
all
classes
of
people
were
compelled
to
hand
over
to
them
,
whether
they
would
or
no
.
That
,
perhaps
,
it
was
a
little
unjust
,
that
all
the
great
offices
in
this
great
office
should
be
magnificent
sinecures
,
while
the
unfortunate
working
-
clerks
in
the
cold
dark
room
upstairs
were
the
worst
rewarded
,
and
the
least
considered
men
,
doing
important
services
,
in
London
.
