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Bleak House

CHAPTER I
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He is a cousin, several times removed.

I am not at the moment prepared to inform the court in what exact remove he is a cousin, but he IS a cousin." Leaving this address (delivered like a sepulchral message) ringing in the rafters of the roof, the very little counsel drops, and the fog knows him no more.

Everybody looks for him.

Nobody can see him.
"I will speak with both the young people," says the Chancellor anew, "and satisfy myself on the subject of their residing with their cousin.

I will mention the matter to-morrow morning when I take my seat." The Chancellor is about to bow to the bar when the prisoner is presented.


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