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Chapter 6. The Father of the Marshalsea

           

           Theaffairsofthisdebtorwereperplexedbyapartnership,ofwhichheknewnomorethanthathehadinvestedmoneyinit;bylegalmattersofassignmentandsettlement,conveyancehereandconveyancethere,suspicionofunlawfulpreferenceofcreditorsinthisdirection,andofmysteriousspiritingawayofpropertyinthat;andasnobodyonthefaceoftheearthcouldbemoreincapableofexplaininganysingleitemintheheapofconfusionthanthedebtorhimself,nothingcomprehensiblecouldbemadeofhiscase.Toquestionhimindetail,andendeavourtoreconcilehisanswers;toclosethimwithaccountantsandsharppractitioners,learnedinthewilesofinsolvencyandbankruptcy;wasonlytoputthecaseoutatcompoundinterestandincomprehensibility.Theirresolutefingersflutteredmoreandmoreineffectuallyaboutthetremblingliponeverysuchoccasion,andthesharpestpractitionersgavehimupasahopelessjob.

           ‘Out?’saidtheturnkey,‘he’llnevergetout,unlesshiscreditorstakehimbytheshouldersandshovehimout.’

           Hehadbeentherefiveorsixmonths,whenhecamerunningtothisturnkeyoneforenoontotellhim,breathlessandpale,thathiswifewasill.

           ‘Asanybodymightaknownshewouldbe,’saidtheturnkey.

           ‘Weintended,’hereturned,‘thatsheshouldgotoacountrylodgingonlyto-morrow.WhatamItodo!Oh,goodheaven,whatamItodo!’

           ‘Don’twasteyourtimeinclaspingyourhandsandbitingyourfingers,’respondedthepracticalturnkey,takinghimbytheelbow,‘butcomealongwithme.

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