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Serjeant Buzfuz. 'Well! They spoke in high praise of the honourable conduct of Messrs. Dodson and Fogg, the attorneys for the plaintiff, did they? 'Yes, said Sam, 'they said what a wery gen'rous thing it was o' them to have taken up the case on spec, and to charge nothing at all for costs, unless they got 'em out of Mr. Pickwick.
'I mean to speak up, Sir, replied Sam; 'I am in the service o' that 'ere gen'l'man, and a wery good service it is. 'Little to do, and plenty to get, I suppose? said Serjeant Buzfuz, with jocularity. 'Oh, quite enough to get, Sir, as the soldier said ven they ordered him three hundred and fifty lashes, replied Sam.
'Bardell and Pickwick, cried the gentleman in black, calling on the case, which stood first on the list. 'I am for the plaintiff, my Lord, said Mr. Serjeant Buzfuz. 'Who is with you, Brother Buzfuz? said the judge. Mr. Skimpin bowed, to intimate that he was. 'I appear for the defendant, my Lord, said Mr. Serjeant Snubbin. 'Anybody with you, Brother Snubbin? inquired the court. 'Mr.
Now he rose slowly, put one hand in his bosom, and fixing his eye sternly on Grif, who was doing something suspicious with a pin, gave them a touch of Sergeant Buzfuz, from the Pickwick trial, thinking that the debate was not likely to throw much light on the subject under discussion.
Weller?" said Sergeant Buzfuz, looking knowingly at the jury. "I went up to pay the rent," said Sam; "but the ladies gets into a wery great state of admiration at the honourable conduct o' Mr. Dodson and Fogg, and said what a wery gen'rous thing it was o' them to have taken up the case on spec., and to have charged nothin' at all for costs, unless they got 'em out of Mr. Pickwick."
Serjeant Buzfuz began by saying, that never, in the whole course of his professional experience never, from the very first moment of his applying himself to the study and practice of the law had he approached a case with feelings of such deep emotion, or with such a heavy sense of the responsibility imposed upon him a responsibility, he would say, which he could never have supported, were he not buoyed up and sustained by a conviction so strong, that it amounted to positive certainty that the cause of truth and justice, or, in other words, the cause of his much-injured and most oppressed client, must prevail with the high-minded and intelligent dozen of men whom he now saw in that box before him.
Serjeant Buzfuz, with a tremendous emphasis on the word 'box, smote his table with a mighty sound, and glanced at Dodson and Fogg, who nodded admiration of the Serjeant, and indignant defiance of the defendant. 'The plaintiff, gentlemen, continued Serjeant Buzfuz, in a soft and melancholy voice, 'the plaintiff is a widow; yes, gentlemen, a widow. The late Mr.
Cluppins and Mrs. Sanders turned their heads away and wept, while Messrs. Dodson and Fogg entreated the plaintiff to compose herself. Serjeant Buzfuz rubbed his eyes very hard with a large white handkerchief, and gave an appealing look towards the jury, while the judge was visibly affected, and several of the beholders tried to cough down their emotion.
To-morrow evening the vision will have faded again, but another £100 will make it as plain as ever. Yes, it is a good word "refresher" a candid word, an honest word. It puts the relation on a sound business footing. There is no sham sentiment about it. Give me another refresher, says Buzfuz, and I'll shed another pailful of tears for you, and blacken both the defendant's eyes for him.
Pickwick, who had been writhing in silence, gave a violent start, as if some vague idea of assaulting Sergeant Buzfuz, in the august presence of justice and law, suggested itself to his mind. "I say systematic villainy, gentlemen," said Sergeant Buzfuz, looking through Mr.
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