Холодный дом

In Chancery

           FogintheeyesandthroatsofancientGreenwichpensioners,wheezingbythefiresidesoftheirwards;foginthestemandbowloftheafternoonpipeofthewrathfulskipper,downinhisclosecabin;fogcruellypinchingthetoesandfingersofhisshiveringlittle’prenticeboyondeck.Chancepeopleonthebridgespeepingovertheparapetsintoanetherskyoffog,withfogallroundthem,asiftheywereupinaballoonandhanginginthemistyclouds.Gasloomingthroughthefogindiversplacesinthestreets,muchasthesunmay,fromthespongeyfields,beseentoloombyhusbandmanandploughboy.Mostoftheshopslightedtwohoursbeforetheirtimeasthegasseemstoknow,forithasahaggardandunwillinglook.Therawafternoonisrawest,andthedensefogisdensest,andthemuddystreetsaremuddiestnearthatleaden-headedoldobstruction,appropriateornamentforthethresholdofaleaden-headedoldcorporation,TempleBar.AndhardbyTempleBar,inLincoln’sInnHall,attheveryheartofthefog,sitstheLordHighChancellorinhisHighCourtofChancery.Nevercantherecomefogtoothick,nevercantherecomemudandmiretoodeep,toassortwiththegropingandflounderingconditionwhichthisHighCourtofChancery,mostpestilentofhoarysinners,holdsthisdayinthesightofheavenandearth.

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