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Covering a Multitude of Sins

           "Thelawyershavetwisteditintosuchastateofbedevilmentthattheoriginalmeritsofthecasehavelongdisappearedfromthefaceoftheearth.It’saboutawillandthetrustsunderawilloritwasonce.It’saboutnothingbutcostsnow.Wearealwaysappearing,anddisappearing,andswearing,andinterrogating,andfiling,andcross-filing,andarguing,andsealing,andmotioning,andreferring,andreporting,andrevolvingabouttheLordChancellorandallhissatellites,andequitablywaltzingourselvesofftodustydeath,aboutcosts.That’sthegreatquestion.Alltherest,bysomeextraordinarymeans,hasmeltedaway.""Butitwas,sir,"saidI,tobringhimback,forhebegantorubhishead,"aboutawill?""Why,yes,itwasaboutawillwhenitwasaboutanything,"hereturned."AcertainJarndyce,inanevilhour,madeagreatfortune,andmadeagreatwill.Inthequestionhowthetrustsunderthatwillaretobeadministered,thefortuneleftbythewillissquanderedaway;thelegateesunderthewillarereducedtosuchamiserableconditionthattheywouldbesufficientlypunishediftheyhadcommittedanenormouscrimeinhavingmoneyleftthem,andthewillitselfismadeadeadletter.

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