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     t   is   the   long   vacation   in   the   regions   of   Chancery   Lane。   The 

     good      ships    Law    and    Equity察    those    teak´built察   copper´ 

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     bottomed察iron´fastened察brazen´faced察and not by any means 

fast´sailing     Clippers察   are    laid   up   in   ordinary。     The    Flying 

Dutchman察with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they 

may   encounter   to   peruse   their   papers察  has   drifted察  for   the   time 

being察Heaven knows where。 The Courts are all shut up察the public 

offices lie in a hot sleep察Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude 

where nightingales might sing察and a tenderer class of suitors than 

is usually found there察walk。 

   The Temple察Chancery Lane察Serjeants¨ Inn察and Lincoln¨s Inn 

even unto the Fields察are like  tidal   harbours   at low  water察  where 

stranded   proceedings察  offices   at   anchor察  idle   clerks   lounging   on 

lopsided stools that will not recover their perpendicular until the 

current of Term sets in察lie high and dry upon the ooze of the long 

vacation。     Outer   doors    of  chambers     are   shut   up   by  the   score察

messages   and  parcels are   to  be left   at   the   Porter¨s   Lodge   by   the 

bushel。   A   crop   of   grass   would   grow   in   the   chinks   of   the   stone 

pavement   outside   Lincoln¨s   Inn   Hall察  but   that   the   ticket´porters察

who   have   nothing   to   do   beyond   sitting   in   the   shade   there察  with 

their white aprons over their heads to keep the flies off察grub it up 

and eat it thoughtfully。 

   There is only one Judge in town。 Even he only comes twice a´ 

week to sit in chambers。 If the country folks of those assize towns 



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on   his   circuit   could   see   him   now   No   full´bottomed   wig察  no   red 

petticoats察no fur察no javelin´men察no white wands。 Merely a close´ 

shaved   gentleman   in   white   trousers   and   a   white   hat察  with   sea´ 

bronze on the judicial countenance察and a strip of bark peeled by 

the solar rays from the judicial nose察who calls in at the shell´fish 

shop as he comes along察and drinks iced ginger´beer 

    The bar of England is scattered over the face of the earth。 How 

England can get on through four long summer months without its 

bar!which   is   its   acknowledged   refuge   in   adversity察  and   its   only 

legitimate triumph in prosperity!is beside the question察assuredly 

that shield and buckler of Britannia are not in present wear。 The 

learned gentleman who is always so tremendously indignant at the 

unprecedented outrage committed on the feelings of his client by 

the opposite party察that he never seems likely to recover it察is doing 

infinitely    better   than    might    be   expected察    in  Switzerland。      The 

learned     gentleman      who    does   the   withering     business察   and    who 

blights   all   opponents   with   his   gloomy   sarcasm察  is   as   merry   as   a 

grig    at  a  French     watering´place。      The    learned    gentleman       who 

weeps by the pint on the smallest provocation察has not shed a tear 

these six weeks。 The very learned gentleman who has cooled the 

natural  heat  of  his   gingery   complexion   in   pools   and   fountains   of 

law察until he has become great in knotty arguments for Term´time察

when he poses the drowsy Bench with  legal   ^chaff察院  inexplicable 

to the uninitiated and to most of the initiated too察is roaming察with 

a characteristic delight in aridity and dust察about Constantinople。 

Other dispersed fragments of the same great Palladium are to be 

found on the canal of Venice察at the second cataract on the Nile察in 

the baths of Germany察and sprinkled on the sea´sand all over the 

English  coast。   Scarcely  one   is   to  be   encountered   in   the   deserted 



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region of Chancery Lane。 If such a lonely member of the bar do flit 

across the waste察and come upon a prowling suitor who is unable 

to  leave   off  haunting  the   scenes   of  his anxiety察  they   frighten   one 

another察and retreat into opposite shades。 

    It   is   the   hottest   long   vacation   known   for   many   years。   All   the 

young   clerks   are   madly   in   love察  and察  according   to   their   various 

degrees察     pine   for   bliss   with   the   beloved      object察  at  Margate察

Ramsgate察  or   Gravesend。   All   the   middle´aged   clerks   think   their 

families too large。 All the unowned dogs who stray into the Inns of 

Court察  and   pant   about   staircases   and   other   dry   places察  seeking 

water察give short howls of aggravation。 All the blind men¨s dogs in 

the   streets   draw   their   masters   against   pumps察  or   trip   them   over 

buckets。 A shop with a sun´blind察and a watered pavement察and a 

bowl of gold and silver fish in the window察is a sanctuary。 Temple 

Bar gets so hot察that it is察to the adjacent Strand and Fleet Street察

what a heater is in an urn察and keeps them simmering all night。 

    There are offices about the Inns of Court in which a man might 

be cool察if any coolness were worth purchasing at such a price in 

dullness察  but察  the   little   thoroughfares   immediately   outside   those 

retirements seem to blaze。 In Mr Krook¨s court察it is so hot that the 

people   turn   their   houses   inside   out察  and   sit   in   chairs   upon   the 

pavement!Mr   Krook            included察    who    there   pursues     his  studies察

with his cat who never is too hot by his side。 The Sol¨s Arms has 

discontinued       the   harmonic   meetings   for       the  season察   and    Little 

Swills   is   engaged   at  the   Pastoral Gardens down   the   river察  where 

he comes out in quite an innocent manner察and sings comic ditties 

of a juvenile complexion察calculated as the bill says not to wound 

the feelings of the most fastidious mind。 

    Over all the legal neighbourhood察there hangs察like some great 



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veil   of   rust察  or   gigantic   cobweb察  the   idleness   and   pensiveness   of 

the    long   vacation。   Mr   Snagsby察     law´stationer     of  Crook¨s    Court察

Cursitor Street察is sensible of the influence察not only in his mind as 

a sympathetic and contemplative man察but also in his business as a 

law´stationer aforesaid。 He has more leisure for musing in Staple 

Inn察and in the Rolls Yard察during the long vacation察than at other 

seasons察  and   he   says   to   the   two   ¨prentices察  what   a   thing   it   is   in 

such hot weather to think that you live in an island察with the sea a 

rolling and a bowling!right round you。 

    Guster     is  busy    in  the   little  drawing´room察      on   this  present 

afternoon in the long vacation察when Mr and Mrs Snagsby have it 

in   contemplation       to   receive  company。      The   expected     guests   are 

rather select than numerous察being Mr and Mrs Chadband察and no 

more。 From Mr Chadband¨s being much given to describe himself察

both     verbally    and   in   writing察   as  a  vessel察   he   is  occasionally 

mistaken by strangers for a gentleman connected with navigation察

but察  he   is察  as   he   expresses   it察   in   the   ministry。 ̄   Mr   Chadband   is 

attached to no particular denomination察and   is   considered   by  his 

persecutors      to   have   nothing   so   very   remarkable  

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