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250 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLEAK HOUSE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

lady there; she has been always present. Hold up, Mr. Gridley, hold up, sir! \u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201c What are you going to do about him ? asked George in a low voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know yet,\u201d said Bucket in the same tone. Then resuming his encouragement, he pursued aloud : <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Worn out, Mr. Gridley ? After dodging me for all these weeks, and forcing me to climb the roof here like a Tom Cat, and to come to see you as a Doctor ? That ain\u2019t like being worn out. I<\/em> should think not! Now I tell you what you want. You want excitement, you know, to keep you<\/em> up ; that\u2019s what you<\/em> want. You\u2019re used to it, and you can\u2019t do without.it. I couldn\u2019t myself. Very well, then; here\u2019s this warrant, got by Mr. Tulkinghorn of Lincoln\u2019s Inn Fields, and backed into half a dozen counties since. What do you say to coming along with me, upon this warrant, and having a good angry argument before the Magistrates ? It\u2019ll do you good; it\u2019ll freshen you up, and get you into training for another turn at the Chancellor. Give in ? Why, I am surprised to hear a man of your energy talk of giving in. You musn\u2019t do that. You\u2019re half the fun of the fair, in the Court of Chancery. George, you lend Mr. Gridley a hand, and let\u2019s see now whether he won\u2019t be better up than down.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c He is very weak,\u201d said the trooper, in a low voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Is he ? \u201d returned Bucket, anxiously. \u201c I only want to rouse him. I don\u2019t like to see an old acquaintance giving in like this. It would cheer him up more than anything, if I could make him a little waxy with me. He\u2019s welcome to drop into me, right and left, if he likes. I<\/em> shall never take advantage of it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roof rang with a scream from Miss Flite, which still rings in my ears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c O no, Gridley ! \u201d she cried, as he fell heavily and calmly back from before her. \u201c Not without my blessing. After so many years ! \u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sun was down, the light had gradually stolen from the roof, and the shadow had crept upward. But, to me, the shadow of that pair, one living and one dead, fell heavier on Richard\u2019s departure than the darkness of the darkest night. And through Richard\u2019s farewell words I heard it echoed: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c Of all my old associations, of all my old pursuits and hopes, of all the living and the dead world, this one poor soul alone comes natural to me, and I am fit for. There is a tie of many suffering years between us two, and it is the only tie I ever had on earth that Chancery has not broken ! \u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

250  BLEAK HOUSE.  lady there; she has been always present. Hold up, Mr. Gridley, hold up, sir! \u201d       \u201c What are you going to do about him ? asked George in a low voice.  \u201cI don\u2019t know yet,\u201d said Bucket in the same tone. Then resuming his encouragement, he pursued aloud :  \u201c Worn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":840,"menu_order":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-977","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/977\/revisions\/1013"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1853archive.com\/wp_annotation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}