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Chapter 21. Mr Merdle’s Complaint

           

           Bar,withhislittleinsinuatingjurydroop,andfingeringhispersuasivedoubleeye-glass,hopedhemightbeexcusedifhementionedtooneofthegreatestconvertersoftherootofallevilintotherootofallgood,whohadforalongtimereflectedashininglustreontheannalsevenofourcommercialcountry—ifhementioned,disinterestedly,andas,whatwelawyerscalledinourpedanticway,amicuscuriae,afactthathadcomebyaccidentwithinhisknowledge.Hehadbeenrequiredtolookoverthetitleofaveryconsiderableestateinoneoftheeasterncounties—lying,infact,forMrMerdleknewwelawyerslovedtobeparticular,onthebordersoftwooftheeasterncounties.Now,thetitlewasperfectlysound,andtheestatewastobepurchasedbyonewhohadthecommandof—Money(jurydroopandpersuasiveeye-glass),onremarkablyadvantageousterms.ThishadcometoBar’sknowledgeonlythatday,andithadoccurredtohim,‘IshallhavethehonourofdiningwithmyesteemedfriendMrMerdlethisevening,and,strictlybetweenourselves,Iwillmentiontheopportunity.’Suchapurchasewouldinvolvenotonlyagreatlegitimatepoliticalinfluence,butsomehalf-dozenchurchpresentationsofconsiderableannualvalue.

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