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Not that she, to herself, gave it praise for those virtues; but that it imbued her unconsciously with a thorough belief. She was apt to suspect deceit in other people; but it did not occur to her that Mr Brehgert had written a single word with an attempt to deceive her. But the single-minded genuine honesty of the letter was altogether thrown away upon her.
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.
'Mr Brehgert. Lady Monogram looked at her friend. 'I hope I'm not revealing any secret. 'I don't understand anything about it, said Mr Longestaffe. 'Georgiana, who is Mr Brehgert? He had understood very much. He had been quite certain from Lady Monogram's manner and words, and also from his daughter's face, that Mr Brehgert was mentioned as an accepted lover.
'Where's Sir Gregory? said Melmotte, in a hoarse whisper, bending over the chair of a City friend. It was old Todd, the senior partner of Todd, Brehgert, and Goldsheiner. Mr Todd was a very wealthy man, and had a considerable following in the City. 'Ain't he here? said Todd, knowing very well who had come from the City and who had declined.
But she felt that, at any rate with her father, she had not adhered to her purpose with tenacity, and that she had allowed him to return to London with a feeling that she might still be controlled. She was beginning to be angry with Mr Brehgert, thinking that he had taken his dismissal from her father without consulting her. It was necessary that something should be settled, something known.
Is your friend going to do us the honour of coming to us to-morrow night? She could not have declared in plainer language how very high she thought the price to be which she had consented to give for those ineffective tickets. 'If you mean Mr Brehgert, he is coming. You desired me to ask him, and I did so. 'Desired you!
The loss of fifty pounds or of a few hundreds may create personal wrath; but fifty thousand require equanimity. 'So Cohenlupe hasn't been seen in the City to-day, said Brehgert. 'He has gone, said Melmotte hoarsely. 'I think I once told you that Cohenlupe was not the man for large dealings. 'Yes, you did, said Melmotte. 'Well; it can't be helped; can it?
'I've nothing more to say, and I've nothing at all to mend. Finishing the conversation with this little speech Brehgert arose to take his leave, making some promise at the time that he would use all the expedition in his power to complete the arrangement of the Melmotte affairs.
The subject was introduced by a reference which Brehgert had made to his own affairs. His loss would be, at any rate, double that which Mr Longestaffe would have to bear; but he spoke of it in an easy way, as though it did not sit very near his heart. 'Of course there's a difference between me and you, he said.
You mustn't be surprised, Georgey, if you find mamma very very much cut up about this. Then Georgiana understood that she must be content to stand all alone in the world, unless she made up her mind to give up Mr Brehgert. 'So I've come back, said Georgiana, stooping down and kissing her mother.
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