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seemed to get the better of Mr. Kenge too in a conversation
that sounded as if it were almost composed of the words
‘ReceiverGeneral,’ ‘Accountant-General,’ ‘report,’ ‘estate,’
and ‘costs.’ When they had finished, they came back to Mr.
Kenge’s table and spoke aloud.
‘Well! But this is a very remarkable document, Mr.
Vholes,’ said Mr. Kenge.
Mr. Vholes said, ‘Very much so.’
‘And a very important document, Mr. Vholes,’ said Mr.
Kenge.
Again Mr. Vholes said, ‘Very much so.’
‘And as you say, Mr. Vholes, when the cause is in the pa-
per next term, this document will be an unexpected and
interesting feature in it,’ said Mr. Kenge, looking loftily at
my guardian.
Mr. Vholes was gratified, as a smaller practitioner striv-
ing to keep respectable, to be confirmed in any opinion of
his own by such an authority.
‘And when,’ asked my guardian, rising after a pause, dur-
ing which Mr. Kenge had rattled his money and Mr. Vholes
had picked his pimples, ‘when is next term?’
‘Next term, Mr. Jarndyce, will be next month,’ said Mr.
Kenge. ‘Of course we shall at once proceed to do what is
necessary with this document and to collect the necessary
evidence concerning it; and of course you will receive our
usual notification of the cause being in the paper.’
‘To which I shall pay, of course, my usual attention.’
‘Still bent, my dear sir,’ said Mr. Kenge, showing us
through the outer office to the door, ‘still bent, even with

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