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Chancellor¨s court察院said the old lady察 the vacation is fulfilled察and 

the sixth seal察mentioned in the Revelations察again prevails。   Pray 

come and see   my lodging。   It  will   be  a   good   omen  for  me。  Youth察

and hope察and beauty察are very seldom there。 It is a long long time 

since I had a visit from either。 ̄ 

    She    had    taken   my    hand察  and察   leading    me   and   Miss    Jellyby 

away察beckoned Richard and Ada to come too。 I did not know how 

to   excuse   myself察  and   looked   to   Richard   for   aid。   As   he   was   half 

amused and half curious察and all in doubt how to get rid of the old 

lady  without  offence察she   continued   to  lead  us   away察  and   he   and 

Ada continued to follow察our strange conductress informing us all 

the   time察  with   much   smiling   condescension察  that   she   lived   close 

by。 

    It was quite true察as it soon appeared。 She lived so close by察that 

we had not time to have done humouring her for a few moments察

before she was at home。 Slipping us out at a little side gate察the old 

lady stopped most   unexpectedly   in   a   narrow   back   street察  part   of 

some courts and lanes immediately outside the wall of the inn察and 



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said察 This is my lodging。 Pray walk up 院

    She  had stopped   at   a   shop察  over   which   was   written察  KROOK察

RAG      AND     BOTTLE       WAREHOUSE。           Also察  in  long   thin   letters察

KROOK察       DEALER        IN   MARINE       STORES。       In   one   part   of  the 

window   was   a   picture   of   a   red   paper   mill察  at   which   a   cart   was 

unloading   a     quantity   of   sacks   of   old  rags。  In   another察  was    the 

inscription察    BONES       BOUGHT。         In  another察    KITCHEN´STUFF 

BOUGHT。 In another察OLD IRON BOUGHT。 In another察WASTE 

PAPER       BOUGHT。        In   another察   LADIES¨   AND   GENTLEMEN¨S 

WARDROBES   BOUGHT。   Everything   seemed   to   be   bought察  and 

nothing to be sold there。 In all parts of the window were quantities 

of dirty bottles此blacking bottles察medicine bottles察ginger´beer and 

soda´water   bottles察  pickle   bottles察  wine   bottles察  ink   bottles此  I   am 

reminded by  mentioning  the   latter察  that  the   shop   had察  in   several 

little particulars察the air of being in a legal neighbourhood察and of 

being   as   it   were   a   dirty   hanger´on   and   disowned   relation   of   the 

law。    There    were    a  great   many     ink  bottles。   There     was   a  little 

tottering bench of shabby old volumes察outside the door察  labelled 

^Law      Books察    all   at  9d。 ̄    Some     of   the   inscriptions      I  have 

enumerated were written in law´hand察like the papers I had seen 

in Kenge and Carboy¨s office察and the letters I had so long received 

from the firm。 Among them was one察in the same writing察having 

nothing to do with the business of the shop察but announcing that a 

respectable man   aged   forty´five   wanted   engrossing  or  copying  to 

execute with neatness and despatch此Address to Nemo察care of Mr 

Krook within。 There were several second´hand bags察blue and red察

hanging   up。   A   little   way   within   the   shop   door察  lay   heaps   of   old 

crackled parchment scrolls察and discoloured and dog¨s eared law´ 

papers。 I could have fancied that all the rusty keys察of which there 



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must have been hundreds huddled together as old iron察had once 

belonged   to   doors   of   rooms   or   strong   chests   in   lawyers¨   offices。 

The   litter   of   rags   tumbled   partly   into   and   partly   out   of   a   one´ 

legged   wooden   scale察  hanging   without   any   counterpoise   from   a 

beam察  might   have   been   counsellors¨   bands   and   gowns   torn   up。 

One had only to fancy察as Richard whispered to Ada and me while 

we    all  stood    looking    in察 that   yonder     bones     in  a  corner察   piled 

together and picked very clean察were the bones of clients察to make 

the picture complete。 

    As   it   was   still   foggy   and   dark察  and   as   the   shop   was   blinded 

besides by the wall of Lincoln¨s Inn察intercepting the light within a 

couple of yards察we should not have seen so much but for a lighted 

lantern that an old man in spectacles and a hairy cap was carrying 

about in the shop。 Turning towards the door察he now caught sight 

of us。 He was short察cadaverous察and withered察with his head sunk 

sideways between his shoulders察and the breath issuing in visible 

smoke   from   his   mouth察  as   if   he   were   on   fire   within。   His   throat察

chin察   and    eyebrows      were    so   frosted    with   white    hairs察  and    so 

gnarled   with   veins   and   puckered   skin察  that   he   looked   from   his 

breast upward察like some old root in a fall of snow。 

    ^Hi    hi 院  said   the   old  man     coming     to   the   door。   ^Have     you 

anything to sell拭院

    We   naturally   drew   back   and   glanced   at   our   conductress察  who 

had been trying to open the house door with a key she had taken 

from her pocket察and to whom Richard now said察that察as we had 

had   the  pleasure   of   seeing   where   she   lived察  we   would   leave   her察

being  pressed   for  time。   But   she   was   not   to   be   so   easily  left。   She 

became   so   fantastically   and   pressingly   earnest   in   her   entreaties 

that we would walk up and see her apartment for an instant察and 



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was so bent察in her harmless way察on leading me in察as part of the 

good omen she desired察that I whatever the others might do saw 

nothing  for  it  but  to  comply。   I   suppose   we   were   all   more   or   less 

curious察at any rate察when the old man added his persuasions to 

hers察and said察 Ay察ay Please her It won¨t take a minute Come 

in察  come   in   Come   in   through   the   shop察  if   t¨other   door¨s   out   of 

order 院     We    all   went     in察 stimulated      by    Richard¨s      laughing 

encouragement察and relying on his protection。 

    ^My landlord察Krook察院said the little old lady察condescending to 

him   from   her   lofty   station察  as   she   presented   him   to   us。   ^He   is 

called   among   the   neighbours         the  Lord    Chancellor。     His   shop   is 

called the Court of Chancery。 He is a very eccentric person。 He is 

very odd。 Oh察I assure you he is very odd 院

    She    shook     her   head    a  great    many     times察  and    tapped     her 

forehead with her finger察to  express   to  us   that  we   must  have   the 

goodness to excuse him。 ^For he is a little!you know M! 院said 

the   old   lady察  with   great   stateliness。   The   old   man   overheard察  and 

laughed。 

    ^It¨s   true   enough察院  he   said察  going   before   us   with   the   lantern察

^that     they   call   me    the   Lord    Chancellor察     and    call   my    shop 

Chancery。       And     why     do   you    think    they    call   me    the    Lord 

Chancellor察and my shop Chancery拭院

    ^I don¨t know察I am sure 院said Richard察rather carelessly。 

    ^You     see察院  said   the   old  man察   stopping     and    turning    round察

^they!Hi Here¨s lovely hair I have got three sacks of ladies¨ hair 

below察  but   none   so   beautiful   and   fine   as   

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