His arm was grasped roughly by a tipstaff, who hurried to his side.
"The Judge wants you back at the Court, Mr. Blake," said the tipstaff.
The d'Herouvilles are descended from a tipstaff in the time of Robert of Normandy.
At a door a tipstaff laid his hand roughly on the arm of Mr. Thorndike.
"I think you will be able to get anything out of him, when you get him there," said the tipstaff.
"Certainly he can't intend to give me more than one month," said Busby to the tipstaff.
My direction to the tipstaff, who got admittance into the house, was to conduct him to a judge, according to the writ.
It was through this gateway that the tipstaff preceded Mr. Pickwick, as you may read in chapter xii.
But the tipstaff was wroth, and picking up a large law book smashed it flat.
The tipstaff approached Mole and hit the offending hat with his stick, but it did not move.
