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"On the night before his death he suddenly gave orders for an attorney to be summoned, and was so insistent in his demand, that, when it was ascertained that his old solicitor, Alfred Barton, the father of the present firm of Barton & Barton, had been called out of the city, a young lawyer, Richard Hobson by name, who had formerly been an articled clerk in Barton's office, was called in in his stead.
Had you been a frank, open-hearted boy, like one I could name, you would have told me all about it of your own accord. But I now wish to ask you a serious question—what do you propose to do?’ ‘To do, father?’ ‘Yes! the time for which you were articled to your profession will soon be expired, and I shall be no more.’ ‘Do not talk so, my dear father; I have no doubt that you will soon be better.’
Now, Miss Sedley's papa was a merchant in London, and a man of some wealth, whereas Miss Sharp was only an articled pupil, for whom Miss Pinkerton had done, as she thought, quite enough, without conferring upon her at parting the high honour of the dixonary. Miss Sharp's father had been an artist, and in former years had given lessons in drawing at Miss Pinkerton's school.
"I have no doubt that it will come to his being examined on a great many points and in much detail," said Mr. Carless with a dry smile. "Of course, I shall be much interested in seeing him. You see, I remember the missing Lord Marketstoke very well indeed he was often in here when I, as a lad of nineteen or twenty, was articled to my own father.
"They have not more children than you have." "Five Lambkins to our four, besides Gussy and Killy," said Lance; "though A- which is all that appears of the great Achilles' unlucky name -is articled to Shapcote, and as for Gussy, or rather Mr. Tanneguy, he is my right hand." "We thought him a nice sort of youth when he was improving himself in London," said Clement.
Lucas was another articled pupil of the firm; being a remote cousin of the late senior partner, he had entered on special terms. Although a year older than George he was less advanced, for whereas George had passed the Intermediate, Mr. Lucas had not. But in manly beauty, in stylishness, in mature tact, and especially in persuasive charm, he could beat George. "Hallo!" Lucas greeted.
At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein.
"Well, I'm going to work here if you have no objection." "Oh, you're the new articled clerk? You'd better come in. Mr. Goodworthy'll be here in a while." Philip walked in, and as he did so saw the office-boy he was about the same age as Philip and called himself a junior clerk look at his foot. He flushed and, sitting down, hid it behind the other. He looked round the room.
We could see this for ourselves, as we rounded close under the vessel's stern when running into the harbour; and further particulars of the ship's readiness to set sail we learnt at the agent's ashore, with whom Sam Pengelly had been in communication for some time, unknown to me, with reference to having me articled as a first-class apprentice in one of their best ships.
The youth looked at him curiously, never having seen a Forsyte with a beard, and vanished. The offices of 'Forsyte, Bustard and Forsyte' had slowly absorbed the offices of 'Tooting and Bowles, and occupied the whole of the first floor. The firm consisted now of nothing but Soames and a number of managing and articled clerks.
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