[Bleak House by Charles Dickens]@TWC D-Link bookBleak House CHAPTER XVII 15/33
Yes, I have.
I have been thinking that the law is the boy for me." "The law!" repeated Ada as if she were afraid of the name. "If I went into Kenge's office," said Richard, "and if I were placed under articles to Kenge, I should have my eye on the--hum!--the forbidden ground--and should be able to study it, and master it, and to satisfy myself that it was not neglected and was being properly conducted.
I should be able to look after Ada's interests and my own interests (the same thing!); and I should peg away at Blackstone and all those fellows with the most tremendous ardour." I was not by any means so sure of that, and I saw how his hankering after the vague things yet to come of those long-deferred hopes cast a shade on Ada's face.
But I thought it best to encourage him in any project of continuous exertion, and only advised him to be quite sure that his mind was made up now. "My dear Minerva," said Richard, "I am as steady as you are.
I made a mistake; we are all liable to mistakes; I won't do so any more, and I'll become such a lawyer as is not often seen.
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