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In Chancery

           Wellmaythecourtbedim,withwastingcandleshereandthere;wellmaythefoghangheavyinit,asifitwouldnevergetout;wellmaythestained-glasswindowslosetheircolourandadmitnolightofdayintotheplace;wellmaytheuninitiatedfromthestreets,whopeepinthroughtheglasspanesinthedoor,bedeterredfromentrancebyitsowlishaspectandbythedrawl,languidlyechoingtotherooffromthepaddeddaiswheretheLordHighChancellorlooksintothelanternthathasnolightinitandwheretheattendantwigsareallstuckinafog-bank!ThisistheCourtofChancery,whichhasitsdecayinghousesanditsblightedlandsineveryshire,whichhasitsworn-outlunaticineverymadhouseanditsdeadineverychurchyard,whichhasitsruinedsuitorwithhisslipshodheelsandthreadbaredressborrowingandbeggingthroughtheroundofeveryman’sacquaintance,whichgivestomoniedmightthemeansabundantlyofwearyingouttheright,whichsoexhaustsfinances,patience,courage,hope,sooverthrowsthebrainandbreakstheheart,thatthereisnotanhonourablemanamongitspractitionerswhowouldnotgivewhodoesnotoftengivethewarning,"Sufferanywrongthatcanbedoneyouratherthancomehere!"WhohappentobeintheLordChancellor’scourtthismurkyafternoonbesidestheLordChancellor,thecounselinthecause,twoorthreecounselwhoareneverinanycause,andthewellofsolicitorsbeforementioned?Thereistheregistrarbelowthejudge,inwigandgown;andtherearetwoorthreemaces,orpetty-bags,orprivypurses,orwhatevertheymaybe,inlegalcourtsuits.

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