This was Kenge and Carboy's.
uggs discount The young gentleman showed me throughan outer office into Mr. Kenge's room--there was no one in it--andpolitely put an arm-chair for me by the fire. He then called myattention to a little looking-glass hanging from a nail on one sideof the chimney-piece.
"In case you should wish to look at yourself, miss, after thejourney, as you're going before the Chancellor. Not that it'srequisite, I am sure," said the young gentleman civilly.
"Going before the Chancellor?" I said, startled for a moment.
"Only a matter of form, miss," returned the young gentleman. "Mr.
Kenge
discount uggs for women is in court now. He left his compliments, and would youpartake of some refreshment"--there were biscuits and a decanter ofwine on a small table--"and look over the paper," which the younggentleman gave me as he spoke. He then stirred the fire and leftme.
Everything was so strange--the stranger from its being night in theday-time, the candles burning with a white flame, and looking rawand cold--that I read the words in the newspaper without knowingwhat they meant and found myself reading the same words repeatedly.
As it
ugg boots for women was of no use going on in that way, I put the paper down,took a peep at my bonnet in the glass to see if it was neat, andlooked at the room, which was not half lighted, and at the shabby,dusty tables, and at the piles of writings, and at a bookcase fullof the most inexpressive-looking books that ever had anything tosay for themselves. Then I went on, thinking, thinking, thinking;and the fire went on, burning, burning, burning; and the candleswent on flickering and
discount uggs for women guttering, and there were no snuffers--untilthe young gentleman by and by brought a very dirty pair--for twohours.
At last Mr. Kenge came. HE was not altered, but he was surprisedto see how altered I was and appeared quite pleased. "As you aregoing to be the companion of the young lady who is now in theChancellor's private room, Miss Summerson," he said, "we thought itwell that you should be in attendance also. You will not bediscomposed by the Lord Chancellor, I dare say?""No, sir," I said,
discount ugg boots "I don't think I shall," really not seeing onconsideration why I should be.
So Mr. Kenge gave me his arm and we went round the corner, under acolonnade, and in at a side door. And so we came, along a passage,into a comfortable sort of room where a young lady and a younggentleman were standing near a great, loud-roaring fire. A screenwas interposed between them and it, and they were leaning on thescreen, talking.