
Jorkins, Copperfield, if you think it worth while.«
    Availing myself of this permission, which was given with a warm shake of the
hand, I sat thinking about Dora, and looking at the sunlight stealing from the
chimney-pots down the wall of the opposite house, until Mr. Jorkins came. I then
went up to Mr. Jorkins's room, and evidently astonished Mr. Jorkins very much by
making my appearance there.
    »Come in, Mr. Copperfield,« said Mr. Jorkins. »Come in!«
    I went in, and sat down; and stated my case to Mr. Jorkins pretty much as I
had stated it to Mr. Spenlow. Mr. Jorkins was not by any means the awful
creature one might have expected, but a large, mild, smooth-faced man of sixty,
who took so much snuff that there was a tradition in the Commons that he lived
principally on that stimulant, having little room in his system for any other
article of diet.
    »You have mentioned this to Mr. Spenlow, I suppose?« said Mr. Jorkins; when
he had heard me, very restlessly, to an end.
    I answered Yes, and told him that Mr. Spenlow had introduced his name.
    »He said I should object?« asked Mr. Jorkins.
    I was obliged to admit that Mr. Spenlow had considered it probable.
    »I am sorry to say, Mr. Copperfield, I can't advance your object,« said Mr.
Jorkins, nervously. »The fact is - but I have an appointment at the Bank, if
you'll have the goodness to excuse me.«
    With that he rose in a great hurry, and was going out of the room, when I
made bold to say that I feared, then, there was no way of arranging the matter?
    »No!« said Mr. Jorkins, stopping at the door to shake his head. »Oh, no! I
object, you know,« which he said very rapidly, and went out. »You must be aware,
Mr. Copperfield,« he added, looking restlessly in at the door again, »if Mr.
Spenlow objects -«
    »Personally, he does not object, sir,« said I.
    »Oh! Personally!« repeated Mr. Jorkins, in an impatient manner. »I assure
you there's an objection, Mr. Copperfield. Hopeless! What you wish to be done,
can't be done. I - I really have got an appointment at
