CHAPTER XVIII.
Lady Dedlock It was not so easy as it had appeared at first to arrange for Richard's making a trial of Mr.Kenge's office.

Richard himself was the chief impediment.

As soon as he had it in his power to leave Mr.
Badger at any moment, he began to doubt whether he wanted to leave him at all.

He didn't know, he said, really.

It wasn't a bad profession; he couldn't assert that he disliked it; perhaps he liked it as well as he liked any other--suppose he gave it one more chance! Upon that, he shut himself up for a few weeks with some books and some bones and seemed to acquire a considerable fund of information with great rapidity.