His gold watch-chain was so massive, that a fancy came across me, that he ought to have a sinewy golden arm, to draw it out with, like those which are put up over the goldbeaters' shops.

He was got up with such care, and was so stiff, that he could hardly bend himself; being obliged, when he glanced at some papers on his desk, after sitting down in his chair, to move his whole body, from the bottom of his spine, like Punch.
I had previously been presented by my aunt, and had been courteously received.

He now said: 'And so, Mr.Copperfield, you think of entering into our profession?
I casually mentioned to Miss Trotwood, when I had the pleasure of an interview with her the other day,'-- with another inclination of his body--Punch again--'that there was a vacancy here.

Miss Trotwood was good enough to mention that she had a nephew who was her peculiar care, and for whom she was seeking to provide genteelly in life.

That nephew, I believe, I have now the pleasure of'-- Punch again.