The narrator, encouraged by Turkey, Nippers and Ginger Nut, had earlier wished to violently dismiss the title character from his office, but would just as soon have turned his bust of Cicero out of doors.
At the end of the short story, the narrator, after having sent the title character to the Tombs, learns that his former employee had been a subordinate clerk in the Dead Letter Office at Washington. The narrator, encouraged by Turkey, Nippers and Ginger Nut, had earlier wished to violently dismiss the title character from his office, but would just as soon have turned his bust of Cicero out of doors. For 10 points—name this titular clerk of a Herman Melville short story, who responds to most every request with "I would prefer not to."
At the end of the short story, the narrator, after having sent the title character to the Tombs, learns that his former employee had been a subordinate clerk in the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
“{Bartleby} the Scrivener”