Дэвид Копперфильд

I Fall into Captivity

           Hesaiditwasthegenteelestprofessionintheworld,andmustonnoaccountbeconfoundedwiththeprofessionofasolicitor:beingquiteanothersortofthing,infinitelymoreexclusive,lessmechanical,andmoreprofitable.WetookthingsmuchmoreeasilyintheCommonsthantheycouldbetakenanywhereelse,heobserved,andthatsetus,asaprivilegedclass,apart.Hesaiditwasimpossibletoconcealthedisagreeablefact,thatwewerechieflyemployedbysolicitors;buthegavemetounderstandthattheywereaninferiorraceofmen,universallylookeddownuponbyallproctorsofanypretensions.

           IaskedMr.Spenlowwhatheconsideredthebestsortofprofessionalbusiness?Hereplied,thatagoodcaseofadisputedwill,wheretherewasaneatlittleestateofthirtyorfortythousandpounds,was,perhaps,thebestofall.Insuchacase,hesaid,notonlywerethereveryprettypickings,inthewayofargumentsateverystageoftheproceedings,andmountainsuponmountainsofevidenceoninterrogatoryandcounter-interrogatory(tosaynothingofanappeallying,firsttotheDelegates,andthentotheLords),but,thecostsbeingprettysuretocomeoutoftheestateatlast,bothsideswentatitinalivelyandspiritedmanner,andexpensewasnoconsideration.Then,helaunchedintoageneraleulogiumontheCommons.Whatwastobeparticularlyadmired(hesaid)intheCommons,wasitscompactness.Itwasthemostconvenientlyorganizedplaceintheworld.Itwasthecompleteideaofsnugness.Itlayinanutshell.

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