After graduating with honours, I became a junior assistant clerk in a
magnificent law firm. I was sent, not to prepare legal briefs, but to serve
summons, like a cheap private detective. I had to go to dirty and shadowy
corners of the city to seek out my victims. Some of the larger and more selfconfident
ones even beat me up. I hated this unpleasant work, and the side
of city life it revealed to me.
The law firm that the narrator joined was