Feeling like Bartleby the Scrivener by that point, I told him that I would prefer not to.

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Upon an increase in his business, the lawyer hires a third scrivener, the sedate, quiet Bartleby, in the hope that his placidity will counterbalance the disturbances caused by his two other workers.

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The lawyer relocates his business, hoping to rid himself of Bartleby, but soon the tenants in his former office come seeking his help: The scrivener refuses to leave, insisting on sleeping in the building's front doorway.

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