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little orphan girl without a protector察and I take it in my head to be
that protector。 She grows up察 and more than justifies my good
opinion察and I remain her guardian and her friend。 What is there
in all this拭So察so Now察we have cleared off old scores察and I have
before me thy pleasant察trusting察trusty face again。 ̄
I said to myself察 Esther察my dear察you surprise me This really
is not what I expected of you 院and it had such a good effect察that I
folded my hands upon my basket察and quite recovered myself。 Mr
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Jarndyce察expressing his approval in his face察began to talk to me
as confidentially as if I had been in the habit of conversing with
him every morning察for I don¨t know how long。 I almost felt as if I
had。
^Of course察 Esther察院 he said察 you don¨t understand this
Chancery business拭院
And of course I shook my head。
^I don¨t know who does察院 he returned。 ^The Lawyers have
twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits
of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth。 It¨s
about a Will察 and the trusts under a Will!or it was察 once。 It¨s
about nothing but Costs察 now。 We are always appearing察 and
disappearing察 and swearing察 and interrogating察 and filing察 and
cross´filing察 and arguing察 and sealing察 and motioning察 and
referring察and reporting察and revolving about the Lord Chancellor
and all his satellites察and equitably waltzing ourselves off to dusty
death察about Costs。 That¨s the great question。 All the rest察by some
extraordinary means察has melted away。 ̄
^But it was察sir察院said I察to bring him back察for he began to rub
his head察 about a Will拭院
^Why察yes察it was about a Will when it was about anything察院he
returned。 ^A certain Jarndyce察 in an evil hour察 made a great
fortune察 and made a great Will。 In the question how the trusts
under that Will are to be administered察the fortune left by the Will
is squandered away察 the legatees under the Will are reduced to
such a miserable condition that they would be sufficiently
punished察 if they had committed an enormous crime in having
money left them察 and the Will itself is made a dead letter。 All
through the deplorable cause察 everything that everybody in it察
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except one man察knows already察is referred to that only one man
who don¨t know it察to find out!all through the deplorable cause察
everybody must have copies察 over and over again察 of everything
that has accumulated about it in the way of cartloads of papers or
must pay for them without having them察which is the usual course察
for nobody wants them察 and must go down the middle and up
again察 through such an infernal country´dance of costs and fees
and nonsense and corruption察 as was never dreamed of in the
wildest visions of a Witch¨s Sabbath。 Equity sends questions to
Law察 Law sends questions back to Equity察 Law finds it can¨t do
this察 Equity finds it can¨t do that察 neither can so much as say it
can¨t do anything察 without this solicitor instructing and this
counsel appearing for A察 and that solicitor instructing and that
counsel appearing for B察 and so on through the whole alphabet察
like the history of the Apple Pie。 And thus察 through years and
years察 and lives and lives察 everything goes on察 constantly
beginning over and over again察 and nothing ever ends。 And we
can¨t get out of the suit on any terms察for we are made parties to it察
and must be parties to it察whether we like it or not。 But it won¨t do
to think of it When my great Uncle察poor Tom Jarndyce察began to
think of it察it was the beginning of the end 院
^The Mr Jarndyce察sir察whose story I have heard拭院
He nodded gravely。 ^I was his heir察 and this was his house察
Esther。 When I came here察 it was bleak察 indeed。 He had left the
signs of his misery upon it。 ̄
^How changed it must be now 院I said。
^It had been called察 before his time察 the Peaks。 He gave it its
present name察and lived here shut up此day and night poring over
the wicked heaps of papers in the suit察and hoping against hope to
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disentangle it from its mystification and bring it to a close。 In the
meantime察 the place became dilapidated察 the wind whistled
through the cracked walls察 the rain fell through the broken roof察
the weeds choked the passage to the rotting door。 When I brought
what remained of him home here察the brains seemed to me to have
been blown out of the house too察it was so shattered and ruined。
He walked a little to and fro察after saying this to himself with a
shudder察and then looked at me察and brightened察and came and sat
down again with his hands in his pockets。
^I told you this was the Growlery察my dear。 Where was I拭院
I reminded him察at the hopeful change he had made in Bleak
House。
^Bleak House此true。 There is in that city of London there察some
property of ours察which is much at this day what Bleak House was
then察I say property of ours察meaning of the Suit¨s察but I ought to
call it the property of Costs察for Costs is the only power on earth
that will ever get anything out of it now察 or will ever know it for
anything but an eyesore and a heartsore。 It is a street of perishing
blind houses察with their eyes stoned out察without a pane of glass察
without so much as a window´frame察with the bare blank shutters
tumbling from their hinges and falling asunder察 the iron rails
peeling away in flakes of rust察the chimneys sinking in察the stone
steps to every door and every door might be Death¨s Door
turning stagnant green察the very crutches on which the ruins are
propped察 decaying。 Although Bleak House was not in Chancery察
its master was察and it was stamped with the same seal。 These are
the Great Seal¨s impressions察 my dear察 all over England!the
children know them 院
^How changed it is 院I said again。
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^Why察 so it is察院 he answered much more cheerfully察 and it is
wisdom in you to keep me to the bright side of the picture。 ̄ The
idea of my wisdom。 ^These are things I never talk about察or even
think about察 excepting in the Growlery察 here。 If you consider it
right to mention them to Rick and Ada察院looking seriously at me察
^you can。 I leave it to your discretion察Est