e weather
breaks up, I shall return to the Temple: and it is possible that I may
take lodgings in another part of the town; but to court I _must_ go, at
whatever inconvenience--for I have cases there which I must personally
attend to!"

[11] His chambers were No. 2, Mitre Court Buildings, to which he had
removed from No. 12, King's Bench Walk, about two years before.

Towards the close of October he followed us to London, alone, and was
sadly fatigued and exhausted by his journey. He went at once to his
chambers; which he never, with one exception, quitted till his death;
lying stretched in his dressing-gown upon the sofa, a large table near
him being covered with briefs, cases, and pleadings, which he attended
to almost as regularly as if he had been in perfect health. Yet he found
it difficult to sit up, his hand trembled when holding even a small
book, and his cough was fearfully increased in frequency and violence,
and he could get little or no sleep at nights. The reader may imagine
the concern and astonishment with which I heard, that about a fortnight
after his return, he had actually gone to dine at the Garrick Club!
Sitting at his table there, as a friend who saw him told me, "more like
a corpse than a living being; in short, I almost thought it must be his
ghost!" He left his rooms, however, no more; having his dinner sent in,
till within the last few days of his life, from a neighbouring tavern.
He had several consultations held at his chambers, in cases where new
trials were to be moved for; his leaders, (one of whom was Mr. Sergeant
Talfourd,) considerately waving etiquette, and coming to their dying
junior's chambers. They were, as may be supposed, most reluctant to
transact business with one in his state, but he insisted upon it. He
earnestly requested me not to mention at Westminster, or elsewhere, how
ill I thought him; "for if you do, my clients will send me no business,
and then I shall have nothing to amuse my mind with." Towards the end of
the term, he observed to me one morning,--"See how very kind my clients
are to me! I suspect they have heard that I cannot go to court, so they
send me a great number of pleas, demurrers, and motion papers, which I
have merely to sign, and get half a guinea: I think it so considerate!"
About the last day of the term, I happened myself to be his opponent, in
one of those minor matters of form, a motion for judgment as in case of
a nonsuit, on account of my