The Law-Writer

           OntheeasternbordersofChanceryLane,thatistosay,moreparticularlyinCook’sCourt,CursitorStreet,Mr.Snagsby,law-stationer,pursueshislawfulcalling.IntheshadeofCook’sCourt,atmosttimesashadyplace,Mr.Snagsbyhasdealtinallsortsofblankformsoflegalprocess;inskinsandrollsofparchment;inpaperfoolscap,brief,draft,brown,white,whitey-brown,andblotting;instamps;inoffice-quills,pens,ink,India-rubber,pounce,pins,pencils,sealing-wax,andwafers;inredtapeandgreenferret;inpocket-books,almanacs,diaries,andlawlists;instringboxes,rulers,inkstandsglassandleadenpen-knives,scissors,bodkins,andothersmalloffice-cutlery;inshort,inarticlestoonumeroustomention,eversincehewasoutofhistimeandwentintopartnershipwithPeffer.Onthatoccasion,Cook’sCourtwasinamannerrevolutionizedbythenewinscriptioninfreshpaint,PEFFERANDSNAGSBY,displacingthetime-honouredandnoteasilytobedecipheredlegendPEFFERonly.Forsmoke,whichistheLondonivy,hadsowreatheditselfroundPeffer’snameandclungtohisdwelling-placethattheaffectionateparasitequiteoverpoweredtheparenttree.PefferisneverseeninCook’sCourtnow.Heisnotexpectedthere,forhehasbeenrecumbentthisquarterofacenturyinthechurchyardofSt.Andrews,Holborn,withthewaggonsandhackney-coachesroaringpasthimallthedayandhalfthenightlikeonegreatdragon.

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