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There was considerable uneasiness in the bosoms of others of the Directors, and a disposition to corievance altogether different froue Neither had Sir Felix Carbury nor Lord Nidderdale been invited to sell shares, and consequently neither of them had received any remuneration for the use of their naue had sold shares He was quite open on the subject, and had told Felix, whoard as his brother-in-law, exactly what shares he had sold, and for how much;--and the two ible between the £100 each, and £12 10s a share having been paid to Montague as the preinal capital was re-invested in other shares But each owned to the other that the ue could only write to Ha for explanation As yet he had received no answer But it was not the wealth flowing into Montague's hands which embittered Nidderdale and Carbury They understood that he had really brought money into the concern, and was therefore entitled to take e Melreat a ; but he was a regular city man, and had probably supplied funds Cohenlupe was too deep for their inquiry But they knew that Lord Alfred had sold shares, and had received the profit; and they knew also how utterly impossible it was that Lord Alfred should have produced capital If Lord Alfred Grendall was entitled to plunder, ere not they? And if their day for plunder had not yet come, why Lord Alfred's? And if there was so much cause to fear Lord Alfred that it was necessary to throw him a bone, why should not they also make themselves feared? Lord Alfred passed all his ti men said, become Melmotte's head valet,--and therefore had to be paid But that reason did not satisfy the young men

'You haven't sold any shares;--have you?' This question Sir Felix asked Lord Nidderdale at the club Nidderdale was constant in his attendance at the Board, and Felix was not a little afraid that he ot any profits?'

'Not a shilling of any kind As far as money is concerned my only transaction has been my part of the expense of Fisker's dinner'