Attorney and Client

           ThenameofMr.Vholes,precededbythelegendGround-Floor,isinscribeduponadoor-postinSymond’sInn,ChanceryLanealittle,pale,wall-eyed,woebegoneinnlikealargedust-binnoftwocompartmentsandasifter.ItlooksasifSymondwereasparingmaninhiswayandconstructedhisinnofoldbuildingmaterialswhichtookkindlytothedryrotandtodirtandallthingsdecayinganddismal,andperpetuatedSymond’smemorywithcongenialshabbiness.QuarteredinthisdingyhatchmentcommemorativeofSymondarethelegalbearingsofMr.Vholes.Mr.Vholes’soffice,indispositionretiringandinsituationretired,issqueezedupinacornerandblinksatadeadwall.Threefeetofknotty-flooreddarkpassagebringtheclienttoMr.Vholes’sjet-blackdoor,inanangleprofoundlydarkonthebrightestmidsummermorningandencumberedbyablackbulk-headofcellaragestaircaseagainstwhichbelatedciviliansgenerallystriketheirbrows.Mr.Vholes’schambersareonsosmallascalethatoneclerkcanopenthedoorwithoutgettingoffhisstool,whiletheotherwhoelbowshimatthesamedeskhasequalfacilitiesforpokingthefire.Asmellasofunwholesomesheepblendingwiththesmellofmustanddustisreferabletothenightly(andoftendaily)consumptionofmuttonfatincandlesandtothefrettingofparchmentformsandskinsingreasydrawers.Theatmosphereisotherwisestaleandclose.

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