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to any glancing light察his dress is like himself。 He never converses察

when      not    professionally      consulted。     He    is   found    sometimes察

speechless but quite at home察at corners of dinner´tables in great 

country      houses察   and   near    doors    of  drawing´rooms察       concerning 

which   the   fashionable   intelligence   is   eloquent察  where   everybody 

knows him察and where half the Peerage stops to say ^How do you 

do察  Mr  Tulkinghorn拭院  he   receives   these   salutations   with   gravity察

and buries them along with the rest of his knowledge。 

    Sir Leicester Dedlock is with my Lady察and is happy to see Mr 

Tulkinghorn。   There   is   an   air   of   prescription   about   him   which   is 

always     agreeable     to   Sir  Leicester察   he   receives    it  as  a  kind    of 

tribute。 He likes Mr Tulkinghorn¨s dress察there is a kind of tribute 

in that too。 It is eminently respectable察and likewise察in a general 

way察retainer´like。 It expresses察as it were察the steward of the legal 

mysteries察the butler of the legal cellar察of the Deadlocks。 

    Has Mr Tulkinghorn any idea of this himself拭It may be so察or it 

may not察but there is this remarkable circumstance to be noted in 

everything associated with my Lady Dedlock as one of a class!as 

one    of  the   leaders    and   representatives   of     her   little  world。   She 

supposes herself to be an inscrutable Being察quite out of the reach 

and   ken   of   ordinary   mortals!seeing   herself   in   her   glass察  where 

indeed she looks so。 Yet察every dim little star revolving about her察

from   her   maid   to   the   manager   of   the   Italian   Opera察  knows   her 

weaknesses察  prejudices察  follies察  haughtinesses察  and   caprices察  and 

lives upon as accurate a calculation and as nice a measure of her 

moral nature察as her dressmaker takes of her physical proportions。 

Is a new dress察a new custom察a new singer察a new dancer察a new 

form     of  jewellery察  a   new   dwarf    or   giant察 a  new    chapel察   a  new 

anything察  to   be   set   up拭  There   are   deferential   people察  in   a   dozen 



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callings察    whom      my    Lady     Dedlock     suspects      of  nothing     but 

prostration before her察who can tell you how to manage her as   if 

she were a baby察who do nothing but nurse her all their lives察who察

humbly  affecting   to   follow   with   profound   subservience察  lead   her 

and her whole troop after them察who察in hooking one察hook all and 

bear them off察as Lemuel Gulliver bore away the stately fleet of the 

majestic     Lilliput。   ^If   you   want   to   address  our   people察   sir察院 say 

Blaze   and   Sparkle   the   jewellers!meaning   by   our   people            Lady 

Dedlock      and   the   rest!^you      must    remember       that   you   are   not 

dealing with the general public察you  must  hit  our  people   in   their 

weakest place察and their weakest place is such a place。 ̄ ^To make 

this    article   go   down察   gentleman察院      say   Sheen     and    Gloss    the 

mercers察to their friends the manufacturers察 you must come to us察

because   we   know   where   to   have   the   fashionable   people察  and   we 

can make it fashionable。 ̄ ^If you want  to  get  this   print  upon   the 

tables of my high connection察sir察院says Mr Sladdery the librarian察

^or   if   you   want   to   get   this   dwarf   or   giant   into   the   houses   of   my 

connection察sir察or if you want to secure to this entertainment察the 

patronage   of   my   high   connection察  sir察  you   must   leave   it察  if   you 

please察to me察for I have been accustomed to study the leaders of 

my high connection察sir察and I may tell you察without vanity察that I 

can turn them round my  finger察院in   which  Mr  Sladdery察  who  is 

an honest man察does not exaggerate at all。 

    Therefore察while Mr Tulkinghorn may not know what is passing 

in the Dedlock mind at present察it is very possible that he may。 

    ^My Lady¨s cause has been again before the Chancellor察has it察

Mr Tulkinghorn拭院says Sir Leicester察giving him his hand。 

    ^Yes。    It  has  been    on   again   today察院   Mr   Tulkinghorn       replies察

making one of his quiet bows to my Lady who is on a sofa near the 



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fire察shading her face with a handscreen。 

    ^It would be useless to ask察院says my Lady察with the dreariness 

of the place in Lincolnshire still upon her察 whether anything has 

been done。 ̄ 

    ^Nothing   that   you   would   call   anything   has   been   done   today察院

replies Mr Tulkinghorn。 

    ^Nor ever will be察院says my Lady。 

    Sir Leicester has no objection to an interminable Chancery suit。 

It is a slow察expensive察British察constitutional kind of thing。 To be 

sure察he has not a vital interest in the suit in question察her part in 

which was the only property my Lady brought him察and he has a 

shadowy impression that for his name!the name of Dedlock!to 

be in a cause察and not in the title of that cause察is a most ridiculous 

accident。 But he regards the Court of Chancery察even if it should 

involve     an  occasional     delay   of  justice  and   a  trifling  amount      of 

confusion察as a something察devised in conjunction with a variety of 

other   somethings察      by   the   perfection   of   human    wisdom察    for  the 

eternal   settlement   humanly   speaking   of   every   thing。   And   he   is 

upon the whole of a fixed opinion察that to give the sanction of his 

countenance        to   any    complaints      respecting     it察 would     be   to 

encourage        some     person     in   the    lower    classes    to   rise    up 

somewhere!like Wat Tyler。 

    ^As a few fresh affidavits have been put upon the file察院says Mr 

Tulkinghorn察   and   as   they   are   short察  and   as   I   proceed   upon   the 

troublesome principle of begging leave to possess my clients with 

any new proceedings in a cause察院cautious man Mr  Tulkinghorn察

taking   no   more   responsibility   than   necessary察   and   further察  as   I 

see you are going to Paris察I have brought them in my pocket。 ̄ 

    Sir Leicester was going to Paris too察by´the´bye察but the delight 



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of  the  fashionable  intelligence  was   in   his   Lady。   Mr   Tulkinghorn 

takes   out  his papers察  asks   permission   to   place   them   on   a   golden 

talisman of a table at my Lady¨s elbow察puts on his spectacles察and 

begins to read by the light of a shaded lamp。 

    ^`In Chancery。 Between John Jarndyce!¨ ̄ My Lady interrupts察

requesting him to miss as many of the formal horrors as he can。 

   Mr  Tulkinghorn   glances   over  his   spectacles察  and   begins   again 

lower    down。     My   Lady    carelessly    and   scornfully    abstracts    her 

attention。    Sir  Leicester    in  a  great   chair   looks   at  the  fire察 and 

appears     to  have    a  stately   liking  for  the   legal  repetitions    and 

prolixities察  as   ranging   among   the   national   bulwarks。   It   happens 

that the fire is hot察where my Lady sits察and that the hand´screen 

is more beautiful than useful察being priceless but small。 My Lady察

changing her position察sees the papers on the table!looks at 

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