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The Law-Writer

           Itisevenobservedthatthewiveswhoquotehimtotheirself-willedhusbandsasashiningexampleinrealitylookdownuponhimandthatnobodydoessowithgreatersuperciliousnessthanoneparticularladywhoselordismorethansuspectedoflayinghisumbrellaonherasaninstrumentofcorrection.ButthesevaguewhisperingsmayarisefromMr.Snagsby’sbeinginhiswayratherameditativeandpoeticalman,lovingtowalkinStapleInninthesummer-timeandtoobservehowcountrifiedthesparrowsandtheleavesare,alsotoloungeabouttheRollsYardofaSundayafternoonandtoremark(ifingoodspirits)thattherewereoldtimesonceandthatyou’dfindastonecoffinortwonowunderthatchapel,he’llbebound,ifyouwastodigforit.Hesolaceshisimagination,too,bythinkingofthemanyChancellorsandVices,andMastersoftheRollswhoaredeceased;andhegetssuchaflavourofthecountryoutoftellingthetwo’prenticeshowheHASheardsaythatabrook"asclearascrystal"onceranrightdownthemiddleofHolborn,whenTurnstilereallywasaturnstile,leadingslapawayintothemeadowsgetssuchaflavourofthecountryoutofthisthatheneverwantstogothere.Thedayisclosinginandthegasislighted,butisnotyetfullyeffective,foritisnotquitedark.Mr.Snagsbystandingathisshop-doorlookingupatthecloudsseesacrowwhoisoutlateskimwestwardoverthesliceofskybelongingtoCook’sCourt.ThecrowfliesstraightacrossChanceryLaneandLincoln’sInnGardenintoLincoln’sInnFields.Here,inalargehouse,formerlyahouseofstate,livesMr.

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