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Tommy Traddles

           ItwasbecauseIwasthoroughlygladtoseeyouwhenwemetinElyPlace,andwassureyouwerethoroughlygladtoseeme,thatIgaveyouthisaddressinsteadofmyaddressatchambers.’‘Oh!Youhavechambers?’saidI.

           ‘Why,Ihavethefourthofaroomandapassage,andthefourthofaclerk,’returnedTraddles.‘Threeothersandmyselfunitetohaveasetofchamberstolookbusiness-likeandwequartertheclerktoo.Half-a-crownaweekhecostsme.’

           Hisoldsimplecharacterandgoodtemper,andsomethingofhisoldunluckyfortunealso,Ithought,smiledatmeinthesmilewithwhichhemadethisexplanation.

           ‘It’snotbecauseIhavetheleastpride,Copperfield,youunderstand,’saidTraddles,‘thatIdon’tusuallygivemyaddresshere.It’sonlyonaccountofthosewhocometome,whomightnotliketocomehere.Formyself,Iamfightingmywayonintheworldagainstdifficulties,anditwouldberidiculousifImadeapretenceofdoinganythingelse.’

           ‘Youarereadingforthebar,Mr.Waterbrookinformedme?’saidI.

           ‘Why,yes,’saidTraddles,rubbinghishandsslowlyoveroneanother.‘Iamreadingforthebar.Thefactis,Ihavejustbeguntokeepmyterms,afterratheralongdelay.It’ssometimesinceIwasarticled,butthepaymentofthathundredpoundswasagreatpull.Agreatpull!’saidTraddles,withawince,asifhehadhadatoothout.

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