Showing how Mr. Samuel Weller got into Difficulties

           Inaloftyroom,ill-lightedandworseventilated,situatedinPortugalStreet,Lincoln’sInnFields,theresitnearlythewholeyearround,one,two,three,orfourgentlemeninwigs,asthecasemaybe,withlittlewriting-desksbeforethem,constructedafterthefashionofthoseusedbythejudgesoftheland,barringtheFrenchpolish.Thereisaboxofbarristersontheirrighthand;thereisanenclosureofinsolventdebtorsontheirleft;andthereisaninclinedplaneofmostespeciallydirtyfacesintheirfront.ThesegentlemenaretheCommissionersoftheInsolventCourt,andtheplaceinwhichtheysit,istheInsolventCourtitself.

           Itis,andhasbeen,timeoutofmind,theremarkablefateofthiscourttobe,somehoworother,heldandunderstood,bythegeneralconsentofallthedestituteshabby-genteelpeopleinLondon,astheircommonresort,andplaceofdailyrefuge.Itisalwaysfull.Thesteamsofbeerandspiritsperpetuallyascendtotheceiling,and,beingcondensedbytheheat,rolldownthewallslikerain;therearemoreoldsuitsofclothesinitatonetime,thanwillbeofferedforsaleinallHoundsditchinatwelvemonth;moreunwashedskinsandgrizzlybeardsthanallthepumpsandshaving-shopsbetweenTyburnandWhitechapelcouldrenderdecent,betweensunriseandsunset.

           Itmustnotbesupposedthatanyofthesepeoplehavetheleastshadowofbusinessin,ortheremotestconnectionwith,theplacetheysoindefatigablyattend.

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