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'I'm talking to your wife about the Melmottes, she continued, determined to take the bull by the horns. 'I'm staying there, and I think it unkind that Julia hasn't been to see me. That's all. 'How'd you do, Miss Longestaffe? She doesn't know them. And Sir Damask, folding his hands together, raising his eyebrows, and standing on the rug, looked as though he had solved the whole difficulty.
The alliance between Mr Melmotte and Mr Longestaffe had become very close. The Melmottes had visited the Longestaffes at Caversham. Georgiana Longestaffe was staying with Madame Melmotte in London. The Melmottes were living in Mr Longestaffe's town house, having taken it for a month at a very high rent. Mr Longestaffe now had a seat at Mr Melmotte's board.
'Miss Longestaffe, she said, 'has left me and gone to her father. 'Oh, indeed. 'Yes, said Lady Monogram, bowing her head, and then attending to other persons as they arrived. Nor did she condescend to speak another word to Mr Brehgert, or to introduce him even to her husband. He stood for about ten minutes inside the drawing-room, leaning against the wall, and then he departed.
Hitherto not a word had passed between them respecting the connection which had once been proposed, since the day on which the young lady's father had said so many bitter things to the expectant bridegroom. But in this evening Mr Brehgert, who was by no means a coward in such matters and whose feelings were not perhaps painfully fine, spoke his mind in a way that at first startled Mr Longestaffe.
'She knows me, Sir Damask. 'Oh yes; she knows you. That's a matter of course. We're delighted to see you, Miss Longestaffe I am, always. Wish we could have had you at Ascot. But . Then he looked as though he had again explained everything. 'I've told her that you don't want me to go to the Melmottes, said Lady Monogram. 'Well, no; not just to go there. Stay and have lunch, Miss Longestaffe.
He knew that Longestaffe owed him over £300, and he knew also that he had received more than that in ready money and cheques from Lord Grasslough and the other player. Dolly Longestaffe's money, too, would certainly be paid, though Dolly did complain of the importunity of his tradesmen. As he walked up St. James's Street, looking for a cab, he presumed himself to be worth over £700.
I'll tell him that I'm not going to be a slave. I'll marry a London tradesman before I'll stay down here. The younger Miss Longestaffe was lost in passion at the prospect before her. 'Oh, Georgey, don't say such horrid things as that, pleaded her sister. 'It's all very well for you, Sophy. You've got George Whitstable. 'I haven't got George Whitstable. 'Yes, you have, and your fish is fried.
No one had spoken a word to him. But he was an even-tempered, good-humoured man. When Miss Longestaffe was his wife things would no doubt be different; or else she would probably change her acquaintance. 'You shall be troubled no more with Winifred Hurtle. So Mrs Hurtle had said, speaking in perfect good faith to the man whom she had come to England with the view of marrying.
'Has Longestaffe's money been paid? said Cohenlupe opening his black eyes while he looked up into his friend's face. 'Don't you trouble your head about Longestaffe, or his money either, said Melmotte, getting into his brougham; 'do you leave Mr Longestaffe and his money to me. I hope you are not such a fool as to be scared by what the other fools say.
Of course it isn't all nice, but things have got so that they never will be nice again. I shall tell Mr Brehgert to go to papa on Wednesday. Your affectionate daughter, When the morning came she desired the servant to take the letter away and have it posted, so that the temptation to stop it might no longer be in her way. About one o'clock on that day Mr Longestaffe called at Lady Monogram's.
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