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I Fall into Captivity

           Hedescribeditasanapartmentofthemostsumptuousnature,andsaidthathehaddrunkbrownEastIndiasherrythere,ofaqualitysopreciousastomakeamanwink.WehadanadjournedcauseintheConsistorythatdayaboutexcommunicatingabakerwhohadbeenobjectinginavestrytoapaving-rateandastheevidencewasjusttwicethelengthofRobinsonCrusoe,accordingtoacalculationImade,itwasratherlateinthedaybeforewefinished.However,wegothimexcommunicatedforsixweeks,andsentencedinnoendofcosts;andthenthebaker’sproctor,andthejudge,andtheadvocatesonbothsides(whowereallnearlyrelated),wentoutoftowntogether,andMr.SpenlowandIdroveawayinthephaeton.

           Thephaetonwasaveryhandsomeaffair;thehorsesarchedtheirnecksandlifteduptheirlegsasiftheyknewtheybelongedtoDoctors’Commons.TherewasagooddealofcompetitionintheCommonsonallpointsofdisplay,anditturnedoutsomeverychoiceequipagesthen;thoughIalwayshaveconsidered,andalwaysshallconsider,thatinmytimethegreatarticleofcompetitiontherewasstarch:whichIthinkwaswornamongtheproctorstoasgreatanextentasitisinthenatureofmantobear.

           Wewereverypleasant,goingdown,andMr.Spenlowgavemesomehintsinreferencetomyprofession.

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