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Stafford looked up and smiled. "Any more?" "Oh, yes. There are the two Beltons and George Levinson, to say nothing of Mr. Griffinberg, the railroad king." Stafford stared at his claret glass. "I wonder why the governor has asked such a crowd?" he said, musingly. "A perfectly arranged symphony in colours, I call it," said Howard.
"Yes, I've met Lady Clansford and the Fitzharfords, of course; but most of them are too great and lofty. I mean that they are celebrated personages, out of my small track. One doesn't often meet Sir William Plaistow and Mr. Griffinberg at at homes and afternoon teas." Sir Stephen laughed. "Oh, well, you mustn't let them bore you, you know, my boy.
Falconer seated himself in one of the lounges and looked at the players and round the handsome room in contemplative silence. Sir Stephen's eye wandered covertly towards him now and again, and once he said to Stafford: "See if Mr. Falconer has some whiskey, my boy?" As Stafford went up to Mr. Falconer's corner he saw that Mr. Griffinberg and Baron Wirsch had joined him.
"I am making for a concession a charter from the government." Falconer nodded again. "And I want a railway from Danville to Bualbec." His voice almost sank to a whisper. "Griffinberg, Wirsch, and the rest are with me or nearly so I have got them down to clench the matter. There are millions in it if I can bring it off; there is what is worth more than millions to me " Falconer nodded.
"I know enough of Wirsch and Griffinberg and the Beltons to be aware chat they wouldn't come down to the lakes at this time of the year unless there was something worth coming for, something and a pretty good sum to be made." Sir Stephen looked down at the floor for a moment, as if he were considering; then he leant forward.
"Fashion is represented by the Fitzharfords and old Lady Clansford; politics by Efford and the Beltons, and finance by Plaistow and Wirsch. That Griffinberg is coming is a proof that Sir Stephen has got 'a little railway' in his mind; there are several others who seem to have been thrown in, not to increase weight, but to lighten it.
But we are restored to each other at last, I am happy to say! Lady Clansford, you know my boy? Ah, he has had the advantage of me all these years; he has not had to rush all over Europe, but has been able to bask in the sunshine of grace and beauty. Griffinberg, I want my son to know you.
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