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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, Chapter 18: Stratford-on-avon.—Warwick.—London.—Characters of judges and lawyers.—authors.—society.—January, 1839, to March, 1839.—Age, 28. (search)
of the profession. The fear of him brought him many briefs from clients, merely to prevent his appearance against them; and the story is told of his being asked, when riding in Hyde Park on one of the busiest days of the session, What in the world are you doing here, Austin? and his answering, I am doing equal justice to all my clients. With health impaired, and surfeited, it is said, with success, he retired in 1848, at the age of forty-nine, to an estate in Suffolk, Brandeston Hall, Wickham Market; and from that time until his death lived a life of seclusion,—its monotony relieved only by neighborly offices, and by service as magistrate at the Quarter Sessions of East Suffolk.—Pall Mall Budget, Jan. 2, 1875. Sumner writing to Mrs. Grote, Nov. 3, 1873, and referring to persons mentioned in her recent Life of her husband, said: I was glad to read of Charles Austin, whose talk I always placed, as you do, foremost. Why does he not appear in Parliament? Mrs. Grote calls him the firs