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"He said he had no doubt, when he arrived at Brussels, that he should hear of the progress of his sister, the Archduchess Maria Christina, in her money negotiations with the banker Valkeers, who made a good stock for her husband's jobs. "'If Maria Christina's gardens and palace at Lakin could speak, observed he, 'what a spectacle of events would they not produce!
If those other hopes were also to be cut away from her, the world would not be worth a pinch of snuff to her. The Duke had fled, and she could do nothing to-day; but to-morrow she would begin with her batteries. And she herself had done the mischief! She had invited this woman down to Matching! Heaven and earth! that such a man as the Duke should be such a fool! The widow of a Jew banker!
The Banker, being naturally indignant, attempts to relieve his mind by punching FERNANDE's head. Heroic interference by POMMEROL, and consequent tableau. Curtain. SATIRICAL PERSON, to one of the ushers. "Will you tell me what street this house is in?" USHER. "Twenty-fourth street, sir." SATIRICAL PERSON. "All right.
'The Gods. Of what known faith art thou? the banker said, appalled. 'I follow the Law the Most Excellent Law. So it was the Gods that made Gunga. What like of Gods were they? The carriage looked at him in amazement. It was inconceivable that anyone should be ignorant of Gunga. 'What what is thy God? said the money-lender at last. 'Hear! said the lama, shifting the rosary to his hand.
Signs that the banker had taken measures to keep him under surveillance were not wanting. "Dave," he said, "have you noticed a sheepherder with a bunch of sheep hanging around here, when he should be up in the mountains where the range is good?" "Yes, I've seen him. And he hasn't a full band, either." "Looks as if he's grazing down here on the mesa so as to watch us," Bryant mused.
His host was a well-known Suffolk banker who, having advanced a large sum of money to a friend of Borrow's, the heir to a considerable estate, who was in temporary difficulties, then "struck the docket" in order to secure payment. Borrow confided to another friend that he yearned "to cane the banker." His loyalty to his friend excuses his wrath; it was his judgment that was at fault.
He turned into the alley and tried to think of some plan by which he could borrow enough to make a new attempt at fickle fortune. To-morrow he could strike McQuade again, but to-night McQuade wouldn't listen to him. Every once in a while he would renew the searching of his pockets, but there was only the remainder of the ten the banker had given him.
Scott, will you take my daughter to the table?" said the banker, as he gave his own arm to Lady Belgrade. It was an elegant little dinner for four, arranged upon a round table. There was no possibility of estrangement, in so small a party as that. Sir Lemuel talked gayly, and without effort, for he was very happy. Lady Belgrade chattered, because she was spiritually a magpie.
"Can you direct me to Mr. Daniel Clark's?" I asked. "The American merchant and banker, the friend and associate of the great General Wilkinson whom you sent down to us last year? Certainly, Monsieur. He will no doubt give you better advice than I on this matter." I found Mr.
And this uncle of hers, this Wentworth; who is he?" "A retired banker, very wealthy, and at present with the American ministry at your own capital." "To him we must go, then." He rose and walked the length of the room, stopped a moment at the chess table in the corner, then resumed his chair. "You are wondering, no doubt, what it is to me, all this?" "I confess you have read my mind correctly."
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