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The Law-Writer

           IfheeverstealforthwhenthedragonisatresttoairhimselfagaininCook’sCourtuntiladmonishedtoreturnbythecrowingofthesanguinecockinthecellaratthelittledairyinCursitorStreet,whoseideasofdaylightitwouldbecurioustoascertain,sinceheknowsfromhispersonalobservationnexttonothingaboutitifPeffereverdorevisitthepaleglimpsesofCook’sCourt,whichnolaw-stationerinthetradecanpositivelydeny,hecomesinvisibly,andnooneistheworseorwiser.Inhislifetime,andlikewiseintheperiodofSnagsby’s"time"ofsevenlongyears,theredweltwithPefferinthesamelaw-stationeringpremisesanieceashort,shrewdniece,somethingtooviolentlycompressedaboutthewaist,andwithasharpnoselikeasharpautumnevening,incliningtobefrostytowardstheend.TheCook’sCourtiershadarumourflyingamongthemthatthemotherofthisniecedid,inherdaughter’schildhood,movedbytoojealousasolicitudethatherfigureshouldapproachperfection,laceherupeverymorningwithhermaternalfootagainstthebed-postforastrongerholdandpurchase;andfurther,thatsheexhibitedinternallypintsofvinegarandlemon-juice,whichacids,theyheld,hadmountedtothenoseandtemperofthepatient.WithwhichsoeverofthemanytonguesofRumourthisfrothyreportoriginated,iteitherneverreachedorneverinfluencedtheearsofyoungSnagsby,who,havingwooedandwonitsfairsubjectonhisarrivalatman’sestate,enteredintotwopartnershipsatonce.Sonow,inCook’sCourt,CursitorStreet,Mr.

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