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The Law-Writer

           TheviewitcommandsofCook’sCourtatoneend(nottomentionasquintintoCursitorStreet)andofCoavinses’thesheriff’sofficer’sbackyardattheothersheregardsasaprospectofunequalledbeauty.TheportraitsitdisplaysinoilandplentyofittooofMr.SnagsbylookingatMrs.SnagsbyandofMrs.SnagsbylookingatMr.SnagsbyareinhereyesasachievementsofRaphaelorTitian.Gusterhassomerecompensesforhermanyprivations.Mr.SnagsbyreferseverythingnotinthepracticalmysteriesofthebusinesstoMrs.Snagsby.Shemanagesthemoney,reproachesthetax-gatherers,appointsthetimesandplacesofdevotiononSundays,licensesMr.Snagsby’sentertainments,andacknowledgesnoresponsibilityastowhatshethinksfittoprovidefordinner,insomuchthatsheisthehighstandardofcomparisonamongtheneighbouringwivesalongwaydownChanceryLaneonbothsides,andevenoutinHolborn,whoinanydomesticpassagesofarmshabituallycallupontheirhusbandstolookatthedifferencebetweentheir(thewives’)positionandMrs.Snagsby’s,andtheir(thehusbands’)behaviourandMr.Snagsby’s.Rumour,alwaysflyingbat-likeaboutCook’sCourtandskimminginandoutateverybody’swindows,doessaythatMrs.SnagsbyisjealousandinquisitiveandthatMr.Snagsbyissometimesworriedoutofhouseandhome,andthatifhehadthespiritofamousehewouldn’tstandit.

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