Sketches by Boz Scenes Chapter VIII - Doctors’ Commons

In which a leisurely stroll through the venerable precincts of Doctors’ Commons reveals the solemn ritual of ecclesiastical courts, where ancient laws are invoked to settle disputes with a mixture of gravity and quaint absurdity. The scene then shifts to the Prerogative Office, where the earnest and the indifferent alike pore over the records of wills, embodying the silent dramas of human affection and rancour preserved beyond the reach of time.