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Some weeks before this Montague had written to his partner, giving his account of the South Central Pacific and Mexican Railway Company, describing its condition in England as he then believed it to be, and urging Fisker to come over to London.
And there is another lady going, Mrs Hurtle, whom I think you will like. 'Has she a husband? 'Not going with us, said Mr Fisker evasively. 'But she has one? 'Well, yes; but you had better not mention him. He is not exactly all that a husband should be.
Mr Fisker had declared that he had come over to obtain his partner's consent, but it seemed to that partner that a great deal had been done without any consent. And Paul's fears on this hand were not allayed by finding that on all these beautiful papers he himself was described as one of the agents and general managers of the company. Each document was signed Fisker, Montague, and Montague.
The object of Fisker, Montague, and Montague was not to make a railway to Vera Cruz, but to float a company. Paul thought that Mr Fisker seemed to be indifferent whether the railway should ever be constructed or not. It was clearly his idea that fortunes were to be made out of the concern before a spadeful of earth had been moved.
In accordance with this deed he was to get twelve per cent. on his capital, and had enjoyed the gratification of seeing his name put up as one of the firm, which now stood as Fisker, Montague, and Montague.
The millionaire looked at him for a moment or two, just condescending to touch with his fingers the hand which Fisker had projected. 'I don't seem to remember, he said, 'the gentleman who has done me the honour of writing to me about you. 'I dare say not, Mr Melmotte. When I'm at home in San Francisco, I make acquaintance with a great many gents whom I don't remember afterwards.
Sometimes we can't, and then it is not pleasant. Fresh adieus were made between the two partners, and between the American and the lord, and then Fisker was taken off on his way towards Frisco. 'He's not half a bad fellow, but he's not a bit like an Englishman, said Lord Nidderdale, as he walked out of the station.
We're a pretty rough lot, I guess. Though, perhaps, what you lose in the look of the fruit, you'll make up in the flavour. This Fisker said in a somewhat plaintive tone, as though fearing that the manifest substantial advantages of Frisco would not suffice to atone for the loss of that fashion to which Miss Melmotte had been used. 'I hate swells, said Marie, flashing round upon him.
'Mr Fisker came to me with tidings from San Francisco which I had not heard before, and has offered to take me back with him. Mrs Pipkin's apron was immediately at her eyes. 'I must go some day, you knew. 'I suppose you must. I couldn't hope as you'd stay here always. I wish I could. I never shall forget the comfort it's been.
He had now again returned, with some little cash in hand, and with the additional security of a deed executed in his favour by one Hamilton K. Fisker, who had gone into partnership with his uncle, and who had added a vast flour-mill to his uncle's concerns.
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