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'I was very sorry for it. Unanimity is everything in the direction of such an undertaking as this. With unanimity we can do everything. Mr Melmotte in the ecstasy of his enthusiasm lifted up both his hands over his head. 'Without unanimity we can do nothing. And the two hands fell. 'Unanimity should be printed everywhere about a Board-room. It should, indeed, Mr Montague.
On this occasion, the board, with the sanction of the shareholders, to mark their sense, of his admirable judgment and unceasing industry, voted him a retiring pension of £1,000 a year. His portrait now hangs in the board-room at the bank, near that of his friend, Mr. Geach.
He had told them how to make charcoal, had taken a leading part in establishing and maintaining friendly relations with the Indians, and was now down in the deepest sub-basement, working with a gang of volunteers to try to put the building back where it belonged. Estelle had said, after the collapse of the flooring in the board-room, that she heard a sound like the rushing of waters.
These early experiences are, however, of minor importance, nor need I again refer to the sensational incidents which accompanied her initiation as Templar-Mistress at the Paris Triangle of Saint-Jacques; but it appears from her memoirs that the intervention of Albert Pike was not in virtue of the supremacy of his personal authority, and that the ordeal of sacrilege was spared her by the clemency of Lucifer himself, who is supposed to appear in person at the Sanctum Regnum of Charleston and to instruct his chiefs, Deo volente or otherwise, every Friday, the supreme dogmatic director, who had made his home in Washington, having the gift of "instantaneous transportation," whensoever he thought fit to be present in the "divine" board-room.
I went out with the heady assurance that my first move had succeeded; but I went, too, with the restrained pulse of realizing that I had yet to join issue with the decisive event and do it warily. I do not remember where I found the Board of Health in session. I recall only the dark, official board-room, the members at the table, and as the one small spot of light and interest to me Mr.
The country's call has gone out, clear and stern, and her daughters are coming in their thousands to meet it, from loom and house and shop. A little later, in a great board-room, I find the Munitions Committee gathered. Its function, of course, is to help the new Ministry in organising the war work of the town.
It is, however, certain that a few days afterwards Mr. Hugh Mountjoy called at the office and had a long conversation with the senior partner, and that he left behind him a very big cheque. The subject has never been brought before the Directors again. It was, indeed, privately discussed, and that frequently. Perhaps the story was whispered about outside the Board-room. These things do get about.
"January the 28th!" No dream! His face hardened and darkened. On! Not like Larry! On! 1914. "Aequam memento rebus in arduis Servare mentem:" Horace. In the City of Liverpool, on a January day of 1905, the Board-room of "The Island Navigation Company" rested, as it were, after the labours of the afternoon.
He pictured his own little office and living-room. He drew a mental portrait of the housekeeper, and the cups and saucers he would use at his well-earned meals. He made up his mind the board-room would be furnished in green leather, and that the Bishop of S would be a jolly sort of fellow and fond of his joke.
"One thing was certain: no 'scab' from New Brighton should come over and take it." They'd do up anybody who tried that game. When McGaw, surrounded by his friends entered the board-room again, the place was full. Outside the rail stood a solid mass of people. Inside every seat was occupied. It was too important a meeting for any trustee to miss. McGaw stood on his toes and looked over the heads.