Page 156 (1/1)

I do not knohether the burden was hter to him or heavier, by the fact that the immediate pecuniary result was certainly very comfortable The Company had not yet been in existence quite six weeks,--or at any rate Melmotte had not been connected with it above that tiested to him twice that he should sell fifty shares at £112 10s He did not even yet kno many shares he possessed, but on both occasions he consented to the proposal, and on the following day received a cheque for £625,--that suinal noestion was made to him by Miles Grendall, and when he asked some questions as to the manner in which the shares had been allocated, he was told that all that would be arranged in accordance with the capital invested and must depend on the final disposition of the Californian property 'But from e see, old fellow,' said Miles, 'I don't think you have anything to fear You seem to be about the best in of theradually, if he didn't look upon the thing as a certain incoue understood nothing of all this, and felt that he was standing on ground which ht be blown from under his feet at any ht be the dishonesty, of the whole thing, made him often very miserable In those wretched ain there were times in which he also was alht of his wealth Though he was snubbed at the Board when he wanted explanations, he received very great attention outside the board-room from those connected with the enterprise Melmotte had asked hio down to his little place at Rickue had not as yet coracious to him, and Nidderdale and Carbury were evidently anxious to make him one of their set at the club Many other houses becah Melmotte was supposed to be the inventor of the railway, it was known that Fisker, Montague, and Montague were largely concerned in it, and it was known also that Paul Montague was one of the Montagues named in that firm People, both in the City and the West End, seemed to think that he knew all about it, and treated hi from that heaven were at his disposition There were results fro h determined at times to probe the affair to the bottom, was so determined only at times The money was very pleasant to him The period would now soon arrive before which he understood hied not to make a distinct offer to Henrietta Carbury; and when that period should have been passed, it would be delightful to him to know that he was possessed of property sufficient to enable hiive a wife a comfortable home In all his aspirations, and in all his fears, he was true to Hetta Carbury, and made her the centre of his hopes Nevertheless, had Hetta known everything, it may be feared that she would have at any rate endeavoured to dismiss him from her heart