United States or Armenia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
'Gentlemen, he said, 'perhaps you think that I am intruding at the present moment. No one said that he did not think so. The elder Longestaffe simply bowed very coldly. Mr Bideawhile stood upright and thrust his thumbs into his waistcoat pockets. Dolly, who at first forgot to take his hat off, whistled a bar, and then turned a pirouette on his heel.
Carbury is a very poor place. There was offence in this; as though the Carbury property and the Carbury position could be compared to the Longestaffe property and the Longestaffe position. Though dreadfully hampered for money, the Longestaffes were great people. 'For a small place, said Lady Pomona, 'I think Carbury is one of the nicest in the county. Of course it is not extensive.
It would have been very pleasant to have had this at once, but Mr Longestaffe felt the absurdity of pressing such a man as Mr Melmotte, and was partly conscious of the gradual consummation of a new era in money matters. 'If your banker is pressing you, refer him to me, Mr Melmotte had said.
But still the money had not been paid. That was the fault of Longestaffe senior. But if the money could be paid, that would set everything right. Squercum evidently thought that the money would not be paid, and was ceaseless in his intercourse with Bideawhile's people.
The two ladies had breakfasted upstairs, and had only just met in the drawing-room when he came in. Georgiana trembled at first, but soon perceived that her father had as yet heard nothing of Mr Brehgert. She immediately told him that she proposed returning home on the following day. 'I am sick of the Melmottes, she said. 'And so am I, said Mr Longestaffe, with a serious countenance.
Therefore, as he went westward, he was low in spirits. But nevertheless he had been reassured by Melmotte's manner. Sir Felix Carbury of course did not attend the Board; nor did Paul Montague, for reasons with which the reader has been made acquainted. Lord Nidderdale had declined, having had enough of the City for that day, and Mr Longestaffe had been banished by hunger.
She had told her father that she was going to transfer herself to the Monograms for a time, not mentioning the proposed duration of her visit, and Mr Longestaffe, in his ambiguous way, had expressed himself glad that she was leaving the Melmottes. She did not think that she could go back to Grosvenor Square, although Mr Brehgert desired it.
He was received very civilly by Miles Grendall, and asked to sit down. Mr Melmotte quite expected him, and would walk with him over to the offices of the railway, and introduce him to the Board. Mr Longestaffe, with some shyness, intimated his desire to have a few moments conversation with the chairman before the Board met.
'You have only a life interest, Mr Longestaffe. 'No; only a life interest. That is customary with family estates in this country, Mr Melmotte. 'Just so. And therefore you can dispose of nothing else. Your son, of course, could join you, and then you could sell either one estate or the other. 'There is no question of selling Caversham, sir. Lady Pomona and I reside there.
'Come up into the card-room, then, said Sir Felix, getting up from his chair. 'It seems to me that it makes no difference to you, what room you're in. Come up, now; and Dolly Longestaffe shall come and hear what you say. But Miles Grendall objected to this arrangement. He was not going up into the card-room that night, as no one was going to play.
Word Of The Day