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Which is all about the Law, and sundry Great Authorities learned therein

           Mallard,mydearfriend,’saidPerker,suddenlyrecoveringhisgravity,anddrawingthegreatman’sgreatmanintoaCorner,bythelappelofhiscoat;‘youmustpersuadetheSerjeanttoseeme,andmyclienthere.’

           ‘Come,come,’saidtheclerk,‘that’snotbadeither.SeetheSerjeant!come,that’stooabsurd.’Notwithstandingtheabsurdityoftheproposal,however,theclerkallowedhimselftobegentlydrawnbeyondthehearingofMr.Pickwick;andafterashortconversationconductedinwhispers,walkedsoftlydownalittledarkpassage,anddisappearedintothelegalluminary’ssanctum,whenceheshortlyreturnedontiptoe,andinformedMr.PerkerandMr.PickwickthattheSerjeanthadbeenprevailedupon,inviolationofallestablishedrulesandcustoms,toadmitthematonce.

           Mr.SerjeantSnubbinswasalantern-faced,sallow-complexionedman,ofaboutfive-and-forty,orasthenovelssayhemightbefifty.Hehadthatdull-looking,boiledeyewhichisoftentobeseenintheheadsofpeoplewhohaveappliedthemselvesduringmanyyearstoawearyandlaboriouscourseofstudy;andwhichwouldhavebeensufficient,withouttheadditionaleyeglasswhichdangledfromabroadblackribandroundhisneck,towarnastrangerthathewasverynear-sighted.Hishairwasthinandweak,whichwaspartlyattributabletohishavingneverdevotedmuchtimetoitsarrangement,andpartlytohishavingwornforfive-and-twentyyearstheforensicwigwhichhungonablockbesidehim.

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