In Bleak House, Temple Bar is where the high Lord Chancellor sits “in his High Court of Chancery.” This is important to the story because, at the time, the Temple Bar was the ceremonial entrance to London, so the chancellor is gatekeeping London from the common people through self-importance and the Law in the passage. It shows that he thinks he and his own position are the most important in London.

In Bleak House, Temple Bar is where the high Lord Chancellor sits “in his High Court of Chancery.” This is important to the story because, at the time, the Temple Bar was the ceremonial entrance to London, so the chancellor is gatekeeping London from the common people through self-importance and the Law in the passage. It shows that he thinks he and his own position are the most important in London.