Холодный дом

In Chancery

           Theseareallyawning,fornocrumbofamusementeverfallsfromJarndyceandJarndyce(thecauseinhand),whichwassqueezeddryyearsuponyearsago.Theshort-handwriters,thereportersofthecourt,andthereportersofthenewspapersinvariablydecampwiththerestoftheregularswhenJarndyceandJarndycecomeson.Theirplacesareablank.Standingonaseatatthesideofthehall,thebettertopeerintothecurtainedsanctuary,isalittlemadoldwomaninasqueezedbonnetwhoisalwaysincourt,fromitssittingtoitsrising,andalwaysexpectingsomeincomprehensiblejudgmenttobegiveninherfavour.Somesayshereallyis,orwas,apartytoasuit,butnooneknowsforcertainbecausenoonecares.Shecarriessomesmalllitterinareticulewhichshecallsherdocuments,principallyconsistingofpapermatchesanddrylavender.Asallowprisonerhascomeup,incustody,forthehalf-dozenthtimetomakeapersonalapplication"topurgehimselfofhiscontempt,"which,beingasolitarysurvivingexecutorwhohasfallenintoastateofconglomerationaboutaccountsofwhichitisnotpretendedthathehadeveranyknowledge,heisnotatalllikelyevertodo.Inthemeantimehisprospectsinlifeareended.

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