Kitty Morse
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Please, in which chapter does this quote appear? ""Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. The scarecrow of a suit, has, in the course of time, become so complicated, that no man knows what it means . . . " Thank you so much, I am trying to find a French translation of the paragraph. Merci.
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This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means.' is a quotation from Bleak House (Chapter 1).
David
Chapter 1:
...Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means. The parties to it understand it least, but it has been observed that no two Chancery lawyers can talk about it for five minutes without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises. Innumerable children have been born into the cause; innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people have died out of it.
...Jarndyce and Jarndyce drones on. This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means. The parties to it understand it least, but it has been observed that no two Chancery lawyers can talk about it for five minutes without coming to a total disagreement as to all the premises. Innumerable children have been born into the cause; innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people have died out of it.
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