He and Mr. Camperdown had known each other
intimately for many years, and though the rank of the two men in their
profession differed much, they were able to discuss questions of law
without any appreciation of that difference between themselves. The one
man knew much, and the other little; the one was not only learned, but
possessed also of great gifts, while the other was simply an ordinary
clear-headed man of business; but they had sympathies in common which made
them friends; they were both honest and unwilling to sell their services
to dishonest customers; and they equally entertained a deep-rooted
contempt for that portion of mankind who thought that property could be
managed and protected without the intervention of lawyers. The outside
world to them was a world of pretty, laughing, ignorant children; and
lawyers were the parents, guardians, pastors, and masters, by whom the
children should be protected from the evils incident to their
childishness.
"Yes, sir; he's here," said the Turtle Dove's clerk. "He is talking of
going away, but he won't go. He's told me I can have a week, but I don't
know that I like to leave him.
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