'His affairs haven't been in Chancery quite four years yet, and I'm d--d if he don't come worrying here twice a week.

Step this way, Mr.Pickwick.Perker IS in, and he'll see you, I know.

Devilish cold,' he added pettishly, 'standing at that door, wasting one's time with such seedy vagabonds!' Having very vehemently stirred a particularly large fire with a particularly small poker, the clerk led the way to his principal's private room, and announced Mr.Pickwick.
'Ah, my dear Sir,' said little Mr.Perker, bustling up from his chair.
'Well, my dear sir, and what's the news about your matter, eh?
Anything more about our friends in Freeman's Court?
They've not been sleeping, I know that.

Ah, they're very smart fellows; very smart, indeed.' As the little man concluded, he took an emphatic pinch of snuff, as a tribute to the smartness of Messrs.

Dodson and Fogg.
'They are great scoundrels,' said Mr.Pickwick.
'Aye, aye,' said the little man; 'that's a matter of opinion, you know, and we won't dispute about terms; because of course you can't be expected to view these subjects with a professional eye.