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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