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In Chancery

           Onsuchanafternoon,ifever,theLordHighChancelloroughttobesittinghereashereheiswithafoggygloryroundhishead,softlyfencedinwithcrimsonclothandcurtains,addressedbyalargeadvocatewithgreatwhiskers,alittlevoice,andaninterminablebrief,andoutwardlydirectinghiscontemplationtothelanternintheroof,wherehecanseenothingbutfog.OnsuchanafternoonsomescoreofmembersoftheHighCourtofChancerybaroughttobeasheretheyaremistilyengagedinoneofthetenthousandstagesofanendlesscause,trippingoneanotheruponslipperyprecedents,gropingknee-deepintechnicalities,runningtheirgoat-hairandhorsehairwardedheadsagainstwallsofwordsandmakingapretenceofequitywithseriousfaces,asplayersmight.Onsuchanafternoonthevarioussolicitorsinthecause,sometwoorthreeofwhomhaveinheriteditfromtheirfathers,whomadeafortunebyit,oughttobeasaretheynot?rangedinaline,inalongmattedwell(butyoumightlookinvainfortruthatthebottomofit)betweentheregistrar’sredtableandthesilkgowns,withbills,cross-bills,answers,rejoinders,injunctions,affidavits,issues,referencestomasters,masters’reports,mountainsofcostlynonsense,piledbeforethem.

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