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thus此Make man´eating unlawful察and you starve the Vholeses 

    In a word察Mr Vholes察with his three daughters and his father in 

the    Vale   of  Taunton察     is   continually   doing   duty察    like   a  piece  of 

timber察  to  shore   up   some   decayed   foundation   that   has   become   a 

pitfall   and  a nuisance。 And   with  a   great   many   people察  in   a   great 

many instances察the question is never one of a change from Wrong 

to   Right    which     is  quite    an   extraneous      consideration察     but    is 

always   one   of   injury   or   advantage   to   that   eminently   respectable 

legion察Vholes。 

    The Chancellor is察within these ten minutes察 up ̄ for  the   long 

vacation。  Mr  Vholes察and   his   young  client察  and several   blue   bags 

hastily   stuffed   out   of   all   regularity   of   form察  as   the   larger   sort   of 

serpents are in their first gorged state察have returned to the official 

den。     Mr   Vholes察    quiet    and   unmoved察      as   a  man     of   so  much 

respectability ought to be察takes off his close black gloves as if he 

were     skinning     his   hands察   lifts  off  his  tight   hat   as   if  he  were 

scalping himself察and sits down at his desk。 The client throws his 

hat and gloves upon the ground!tosses them anywhere察  without 

looking after them or caring where they go察  flings   himself察into  a 



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chair察half sighing and half  groaning察  rests   his aching  head   upon 

his hand察and looks the portrait of Young Despair。 

    ^Again nothing done 院says Richard。 ^Nothing察nothing done 院

    ^Don¨t say nothing done察sir察院returns the placid Vholes。 ^That 

is scarcely fair察sir察scarcely fair 院

    ^Why察what is done拭院says Richard察turning gloomily upon him。 

    ^That   may   not   be   the   whole   question察院  returns   Vholes。   ^The 

question may branch off into what is doing察what is doing拭院

    ^And what is doing拭院asks the moody client。 

    Vholes察  sitting  with  his   arms   on  his desk察  quietly   bringing   the 

tips of his five right fingers to meet the tips of his five left fingers察

and quietly separating them again察and fixedly and slowly looking 

at his client察replies此

    ^A   good   deal   is   doing察  sir。   We   have   put   our   shoulders   to   the 

wheel察Mr Carstone察and the wheel is going round。 ̄ 

    ^Yes察with Ixion on it。 How am I to get through the next four or 

five   accursed   months拭院  exclaims   the   young   man察  rising   from   his 

chair and walking about the room。 

    ^Mr     C察院 returns     Vholes察   following    him    close   with    his  eyes 

wherever he goes察 your spirits are hasty察and I am sorry for it on 

your   account。      Excuse    me    if   I  recommend      you   not  to  chafe    so 

much察  not   to   be   so   impetuous察  not   to   wear   yourself   out   so。   You 

should have more patience。 You should sustain yourself better。 ̄ 

    ^I   ought    to  imitate   you察  in  fact察 Mr    Vholes拭院    says   Richard察

sitting    down     again    with   an   impatient     laugh察   and   beating     the 

Devil¨s Tattoo with his boot on the patternless carpet。 

    ^Sir察院returns Vholes察always looking at the client察as if he were 

making a lingering  meal   of  him   with  his   eyes as   well as   with  his 

professional       appetite。    ^Sir察院  returns     Vholes察   with    his   inward 



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manner of speech and his bloodless quietude察 I should not have 

had     the  presumption        to  propose     myself    as  a  model察    for  your 

imitation   or   any   man¨s。   Let   me   but   leave   the   good   name   to   my 

three daughters察and that is enough for me察I am not a self´seeker。 

But察since you mention me so pointedly察I will acknowledge that I 

should   like    to   impart   to  you    a  little  of  my!come       sir察 you   are 

disposed to call it insensibility察and I am sure I have no objection! 

say insensibility!a little of my insensibility。 ̄ 

    ^Mr Vholes察院explains the client察somewhat abashed察 I had no 

intention to accuse you of insensibility。 ̄ 

    ^I think you had察sir察without knowing it察院returns the equable 

Vholes。   ^Very  naturally。 It  is my  duty  to   attend   to   your   interests 

with a cool head察and I can quite understand that to your excited 

feelings I may appear察at such times as the present察insensible。 My 

daughters   may   know   me   better察  my   aged   father   may   know   me 

better。 But they have known me much longer than you have察and 

the confiding eye of affection is not the distrustful eye of business。 

Not  that  I   complain察  sir察  of   the   eye   of   business   being  distrustful察

quite the contrary。 In attending to your interests察I wish to have all 

possible   checks   upon   me察  it   is   right   that   I   should   have   them察  I 

court inquiry。 But your interests demand that I should be cool and 

methodical察Mr Carstone察and I cannot be otherwise!no察sir察not 

even to please you。 ̄ 

    Mr   Vholes察  after   glancing   at   the   official   cat   who   is   patiently 

watching   a   mouse¨s   hole察      fixes  his  charmed      gaze    again   on   his 

young client察and proceeds in   his buttoned´up   half´audible   voice察

as if there were an unclean spirit in him that will neither come out 

nor speak out此 

    ^What   are   you   to   do察  sir察  you   inquire察  during   the   vacation。   I 



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should hope you gentlemen of the army may find many means of 

amusing yourselves察if you give your minds to it。 If you had asked 

me what I was to do察during the vacation察I could have answered 

you more readily。 I am to attend to your interests。 I am to be found 

here察day by day察attending to your interests。 That is my duty察Mr 

C察  and   term   time   or   vacation   makes   no   difference   to   me。   If   you 

wish to consult me as to your interests察you will find me here at all 

times   alike。   Other   professional   men   go   out   of   town。   I   don¨t。   Not 

that I blame them for going察I merely say察I don¨t go。 This desk is 

your rock察sir 院

    Mr Vholes gives it a rap察and it sounds as hollow as a coffin。 Not 

to Richard察though。 There is encouragement in the sound to him。 

Perhaps Mr Vholes knows there is。 

    ^I   am    perfectly     aware察    Mr    Vholes察院   says    Richard察    more 

familiarly   and   good´humouredly察   that   you   are   the   most   reliable 

fellow in the world察and that to have to do with you察is to have to 

do with a man of business who is not to be hoodwinked。 But put 

yourself     in  my    case察  dragging     on   this  dislocated     life察 sinking 

deeper   and   deeper   into   difficulty   every   day察  continually   hoping 

and   continually   disappointed察  conscious   of   change   upon   change 

for the worse in myself察and of no change for the better in anything 

else察and you will find it a dark´looking case sometimes察as I do。 ̄ 

    ^You know察院says Mr Vholes察 that I never give hopes察sir。 I told 

you from the first察Mr C察that I never give hopes。 Particularly in a 

case like this察where the greater part of the costs comes out of the 

estate察  I   should   not   be   considerate   of   my   good   name察  if   I   gave 

hopes。 It might seem as if costs 

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