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In Chancery

           FromthemasteruponwhoseimpalingfilesreamsofdustywarrantsinJarndyceandJarndycehavegrimlywrithedintomanyshapes,downtothecopying-clerkintheSixClerks’OfficewhohascopiedhistensofthousandsofChanceryfolio-pagesunderthateternalheading,noman’snaturehasbeenmadebetterbyit.Intrickery,evasion,procrastination,spoliation,botheration,underfalsepretencesofallsorts,thereareinfluencesthatcannevercometogood.Theverysolicitors’boyswhohavekeptthewretchedsuitorsatbay,byprotestingtimeoutofmindthatMr.Chizzle,Mizzle,orotherwisewasparticularlyengagedandhadappointmentsuntildinner,mayhavegotanextramoraltwistandshuffleintothemselvesoutofJarndyceandJarndyce.Thereceiverinthecausehasacquiredagoodlysumofmoneybyitbuthasacquiredtooadistrustofhisownmotherandacontemptforhisownkind.Chizzle,Mizzle,andotherwisehavelapsedintoahabitofvaguelypromisingthemselvesthattheywilllookintothatoutstandinglittlematterandseewhatcanbedoneforDrizzlewhowasnotwellusedwhenJarndyceandJarndyceshallbegotoutoftheoffice.Shirkingandsharkinginalltheirmanyvarietieshavebeensownbroadcastbytheill-fatedcause;andeventhosewhohavecontemplateditshistoryfromtheoutermostcircleofsuchevilhavebeeninsensiblytemptedintoaloosewayoflettingbadthingsalonetotaketheirownbadcourse,andaloosebeliefthatiftheworldgowrongitwasinsomeoff-handmannernevermeanttogoright.

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