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Updated: May 28, 2025
The reader may remember that there had been a watch and chain, and that two of the ladies of the family had expressed an opinion that these trinkets should be returned to Mr Brehgert who had bestowed them. But Georgiana had not sent them back when a week had elapsed since the receipt of Mr Brehgert's last letter.
In the meantime he saw much of Mr Brehgert, and absolutely formed a kind of friendship for that gentleman, in spite of the abomination of his religion, so that on one occasion he even condescended to ask Mr Brehgert to dine alone with him in Bruton Street.
Courage was the one thing necessary, that and perseverance. She must teach herself to talk about Brehgert as Lady Monogram did of Sir Damask.
'My dear sir, I am so sorry. You are a punctual man, I see. So am I. A man of business should be punctual. But they ain't always. Brehgert, from the house of Todd, Brehgert, and Goldsheiner, you know, has just been with me. We had to settle something about the Moldavian loan. He came a quarter late, and of course he went a quarter late. And how is a man to catch a quarter of an hour?
And what is it now? Then Melmotte explained to Mr Brehgert what it was that he wanted then, taking the various documents out of the bag which throughout the afternoon he had carried in his hand. Mr Brehgert understood enough of his friend's affairs, and enough of affairs in general, to understand readily all that was required.
Life such as she was leading now would drive her mad. She had all the disadvantages of the Brehgert connection and none of the advantages. She could not comfort herself with thinking of the Brehgert wealth and the Brehgert houses, and yet she was living under the general ban of Caversham on account of her Brehgert associations.
I don't think Sir Damask would like me to ask Mr Brehgert to dine here. Lady Monogram managed everything herself with reference to her own parties; invited all her own guests, and never troubled Sir Damask, who, again, on his side, had his own set of friends; but she was very clever in the use which she made of her husband.
Those few words about 'various sets' and the 'mixing of things' had stabbed her to the very heart, as had been intended. Mr Brehgert was rich. That was a certainty. But she already repented of what she had done.
He examined the documents, declaring, as he did so, that he did not know how the thing could be arranged by Friday. Melmotte replied that £50,000 was not a very large sum of money, that the security offered was worth twice as much as that. 'You will leave them with me this evening, said Brehgert. Melmotte paused for a moment, and said that he would of course do so.
During the Thursday and Friday she had passed a very sad time, not knowing whether she was or was not engaged to marry Mr Brehgert. Her father had declared to her that he would break off the match, and she believed that he had seen Mr Brehgert with that purpose. She had certainly given no consent, and had never hinted to any one of the family an idea that she was disposed to yield.
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