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'By George, it's hardly worth having if one is to take all this trouble about it, Dolly had said to Lord Grasslough, with whom he had fraternised since the quarrel with Nidderdale. Dolly entered the room last, and at that time neither Mr Longestaffe nor Mr Bideawhile had touched the drawer, or even the table, in which the letter had been deposited.
I have come to say that, if you will undertake to stop proceedings which have been commenced in the City, I will have fifty thousand pounds, which is the amount due to these two gentlemen, ready for payment on Friday at noon. 'I have taken no proceedings as yet, said Bideawhile. 'It's Squercum, says Dolly.
She would not, however, explain what she meant by this, and left the house, without going back to the room in which Miss Colza was sitting. About a week afterwards she got a letter from Mr Slow, in which that gentleman, or rather the firm, for the letter was signed Slow and Bideawhile, asked her whether she was in want of immediate funds.
Bideawhile called upon her, her husband's ancient family lawyer, she told that gentleman that if it was her husband's will that they should live apart, it must be so. She could not force him to remain with her. She could not compel him to keep up the house in Curzon Street. She had certain rights, she believed.
'I have property to ten times the value, twenty times the value, thirty times the value, said Melmotte proudly; 'but you must know I should think by this time that a man engaged in large affairs cannot always realise such a sum as eighty thousand pounds at a day's notice. Mr Bideawhile without using language that was absolutely vituperative gave Mr Melmotte to understand that he thought that he and his client had been robbed, and that he should at once take whatever severest steps the law put in his power.
'And I think I understand you now that you do not intend to insist on the signature as being genuine. 'I say nothing about it, Mr Squercum. I think you'll find it very hard to prove that it's not genuine. 'My client's oath, Mr Bideawhile. 'I'm afraid your client is not always very clear as to what he does. 'I don't know what you mean by that, Mr Bideawhile.
Bideawhile might not be zealous on his behalf, and not himself understanding accurately the extent of his power with regard to his own child, or the means whereby he might exercise it, he was anxious to obtain assistance from Bozzle also on this point. He had no doubt that Bozzle knew all about it. He had great confidence in Bozzle. But still he did not like to consult the ex-policeman.
Such was the statement made at first to Mr Squercum by the Bideawhile party, who at that moment had no doubt of the genuineness of the letter or of the accuracy of their statement. Then Squercum saw his client again, and returned to the charge at Bideawhile's office, with the positive assurance that the signature was a forgery.
To raise that money by Friday, I shall have to cripple my resources frightfully. It will be done at a terrible cost. But what Mr Bideawhile says is true. I have no right to suppose that the purchase of this property should be looked upon as an ordinary commercial transaction. The money should have been paid, and, if you will now take my word, the money shall be paid.
At his age it was possible to make it appear a thing desirable, if not necessary on account of the importance conveyed to sit day after day in the chambers of Messrs Slow & Bideawhile, and hear musty law talk, and finger dusty law parchments. The squire had made many visits to Messrs Slow & Bideawhile, and he knew better.
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