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Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties

           Iftheyhad,itwouldbenomatterofsurprise,andthesingularityofthethingwouldcease.Someofthemsleepduringthegreaterpartofthesitting;otherscarrysmallportabledinnerswrappedinpocket-handkerchiefsorstickingoutoftheirworn-outpockets,andmunchandlistenwithequalrelish;butnooneamongthemwaseverknowntohavetheslightestpersonalinterestinanycasethatwaseverbroughtforward.Whatevertheydo,theretheysitfromthefirstmomenttothelast.Whenitisheavy,rainyweather,theyallcomein,wetthrough;andatsuchtimesthevapoursofthecourtarelikethoseofafungus-pit.

           AcasualvisitormightsupposethisplacetobeatemplededicatedtotheGeniusofSeediness.Thereisnotamessengerorprocess-serverattachedtoit,whowearsacoatthatwasmadeforhim;notatolerablyfresh,orwholesome-lookingmaninthewholeestablishment,exceptalittlewhite-headedapple-facedtipstaff,andevenhe,likeanill-conditionedcherrypreservedinbrandy,seemstohaveartificiallydriedandwitheredupintoastateofpreservationtowhichhecanlaynonaturalclaim.Theverybarristers’wigsareill-powdered,andtheircurlslackcrispness.

           Buttheattorneys,whositatalargebaretablebelowthecommissioners,are,afterall,thegreatestcuriosities.Theprofessionalestablishmentofthemoreopulentofthesegentlemen,consistsofabluebagandaboy;generallyayouthoftheJewishpersuasion.

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