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seizure察she is always at work。 She is a satisfaction to the parents 

and guardians of the ¨prentices察who feel that there is little danger 

of   her   inspiring   tender   emotions   in   the   breast   of   youth察  she   is   a 

satisfaction   to   Mrs   Snagsby察  who   can   always   find   fault   with   her察

she is a satisfaction to Mr Snagsby察who thinks it a charity to keep 

her。    The    Law´stationer¨s      establishment       is察 in  Guster¨s    eyes察  a 

Temple   of  plenty  and   splendour。   She believes   the   little   drawing´ 

room upstairs察always kept察as one may say察with its hair in papers 

and     its  pinafore     on察  to   be   the    most    elegant     apartment      in 

Christendom。  The  view  it  commands   of  Cook¨s   Court  at   one   end 

not to mention a squint into Cursitor´street and of Coavins¨s the 

sheriff¨s officer¨s back´yard at the other察she regards as a prospect 

of unequalled beauty。 The portraits   it  displays in   oil!and   plenty 

of it too!of Mr Snagsby looking at Mrs Snagsby察are in her eyes as 

achievements of Raphael or Titian。 Guster has some recompenses 

for her many privations。 

    Mr Snagsby refers everything not in the practical mysteries of 

the business to Mrs Snagsby。 She manages the money察reproaches 

the   Tax´gatherers察  appoints   the   times   and   places   of   devotion   on 

Sundays察        licenses       Mr      Snagsby¨s        entertainments察         and 

acknowledges no responsibility as to what she thinks fit to provide 

for dinner察insomuch that she is the high standard of comparison 

among the neighbouring wives察a long way down Chancery  Lane 

on   both   sides察  and   even   out   in   Holborn察  who察    in  any   domestic 



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passages   of  arms察  habitually   call   upon   their   husbands   to   look   at 

the    difference      between      their    the   wives¨     position    and     Mrs 

Snagsby¨s察       and     their    the    husbands¨       behaviour       and     Mrs 

Snagsby¨s。   Rumour察  always   flying察  bat´like察  about   Cook¨s   Court察

and   skimming   in   and   out   at   everybody¨s   windows察  does   say   that 

Mrs   Snagsby   is   jealous   and   inquisitive察  and   that   Mr   Snagsby   is 

sometimes worried out of house and home察and that if he had the 

spirit of a mouse he wouldn¨t stand it。 It is even observed察that the 

wives   who   quote   him   to   their   self´willed   husbands   as   a   shining 

example察in reality look down upon look down upon him察and that 

nobody does so with greater superciliousness than one particular 

lady whose lord is more than suspected of laying his umbrella on 

her  as   an   instrument  of  correction。   But  these   vague   whisperings 

may arise from Mr Snagsby¨s being察in his way察rather a meditative 

and poetical man察loving to walk in Staple Inn in the summer time察

and  to  observe  how  countrified   the  sparrows   and   the   leaves   are察

also to lounge about the Rolls Yard of a Sunday afternoon察and to 

remark if in good spirits that there were old times once察and that 

you¨d find a   stone  coffin   or  two察  now察  under  that  chapel察  he¨ll   be 

bound察if you was to dig for it。 He solaces his imagination察too察by 

thinking   of   the   many   Chancellors   and   Vices察  and   Masters   of   the 

Rolls察who are deceased察and he gets such a flavour of the country 

out of telling the two ¨prentices how he has heard say that a brook 

^as clear as crystal ̄   once   ran   right  down   the   middle   of  Holborn察

when   Turnstile   really   was   a   turnstile   leading   slap   away   into   the 

meadows!gets such  a  flavour  of  the   country   out   of   this察  that   he 

never wants to go there。 

    The day is closing in and the gas is lighted察but it is not yet fully 

effective察for it is not quite dark。 Mr Snagsby standing at his shop´ 



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door  looking  up   at  the  clouds察sees a   crow察  who  is   out  late察  skim 

westward over the leaden slice of  sky  belonging  to  Cook¨s   Court。 

The   crow   flies   straight   across   Chancery   Lane   and   Lincoln¨s   Inn 

Garden察into Lincoln¨s Inn Fields。 

    Here察    in  a  large    house察   formerly      a  house     of  state察  lives   Mr 

Tulkinghorn。   It   is   let   off   in   sets   of   chambers   now察  and   in   those 

shrunken   fragments   of   its   greatness察  lawyers   lie   like   maggots   in 

nuts。   But   its   roomy   staircases察  passages察  and   antechambers察  still 

remain察  and   even   its painted   ceilings察  where   Allegory察  in   Roman 

helmet察and celestial linen察sprawls among balustrades and pillars察

flowers察clouds察and big´legged boys察and makes the head ache!as 

would   seem   to   be   Allegory¨s   object   always察  more   or   less。   Here察

among his many boxes labelled with transcendant names察lives Mr 

Tulkinghorn察  when   not   speechlessly   at   home   in   country´houses 

where the great ones of   the   earth   are   bored   to  death。   Here   he   is 

today察quiet at his table。 An Oyster of the old school察whom nobody 

can open。 

    Like as he is to look at察so is his   apartment  in   the dusk   of  the 

present afternoon。 Rusty察out of date察withdrawing from attention察

able to afford it。 Heavy broad´backed old´fashioned mahogany and 

horse´hair   chairs察  not   easily   lifted察  obsolete   tables   with   spindle´ 

legs and dusty baize covers察presentation prints   of  the   holders   of 

great titles in the last generation察or the last but one察environ him。 

A   thick and   dingy  Turkey´carpet  muffles   the   floor  where   he   sits察

attended by two candles in old´fashioned silver candlesticks察that 

give   a   very   insufficient   light   to   his   large   room。   The   titles   on   the 

backs   of  his   books   have   retired   into  the   binding察  everything   that 

can   have   a   lock   has   got   one察  no   key   is    visible。   Very   few   loose 

papers   are   about。   He   has   some   manuscript   near   him察  but   is   not 



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referring to it。 With the round top of an inkstand察and two broken 

bits of sealing´wax察he is silently and slowly working out whatever 

train of indecision is in his mind。 Now察the inkstand top is in the 

middle此now察the red bit of sealing´wax察now察the black bit。 That¨s 

not it。 Mr Tulkinghorn must gather them all up察and begin again。 

    Here察beneath the painted ceiling察with foreshortened Allegory 

staring down at his intrusion as if it meant to swoop upon him察and 

he   cutting   it   dead察  Mr   Tulkinghorn   has   at   once   his    house    and 

office。 He keeps no staff察only one middle´aged man察usually a little 

out   at   elbows察  who   sits   in   a   high   Pew   in   the   hall察  and   is   rarely 

overburdened with business。 Mr Tulkinghorn is not in a common 

way。 He wants no clerks。 He is a great reservoir of confidences察not 

to be so tapped。 His clients want him察he is all in all。 Drafts that he 

requires to be drawn are drawn by special´pleaders in the Temple 

on mysterious instructions察fair copies that he requires to be made察

are   made   at   the   stationers察  expense   being  no   consideration。   The 

middle´aged man in the Pew察knows scarcely more of the affairs of 

the Peerage察than any crossing´sweeper i

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