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'By George;--I don't know'

'What should you do?'

'Nothing at all I shouldn't believe my own eyes Or if I did, should take care not to look at hi with hi up'

'But Dolly,--if you think of it!'

'That's all very fine, my dear fellow, but I shouldn't think of it'

'And you won't give me your advice'

'Well--no; I think I'd rather not I wish you hadn't told me Why did you pick ht have said, why didn't you tell Longestaffe?'

'No, he wouldn't Nobody would suppose that anybody would pick oing to tell me such a story as this I wouldn't have come with you'

'That's nonsense, Dolly'

'Very well I can't bear these kind of things I feel all in a twitter already'

'Youjust the sa very heavy I should begin to think about it, I suppose Oh; this is Abchurch Lane, is it? Now for the raciously than Felix had expected Of course nothing was said about Marie and no further allusion was made to the painful subject of the baronet's 'property' Both Dolly and Sir Felix were astonished by the quick way in which the great financier understood their views and the readiness hich he undertook to coreeable questions were asked as to the nature of the debt between the young n a couple of docun one,--and then they were assured that the thing was done Mr Adolphus Longestaffe had paid Sir Felix Carbury a thousand pounds, and Sir Felix Carbury's commission had been accepted by Mr Melmotte for the purchase of railway stock to that amount Sir Felix attempted to say a word He endeavoured to explain that his object in this com the shares,--and to go on continually h price He no doubt did believe that, being a Director, if he could once raise the o on with it for an unlimited period;--buy and sell, buy and sell;--so that he would have an alular incoue was allowed to do,--simply because he had become a Director with a little money Mr Melo into particulars It was all right 'You ish to sell again, of course,--of course I'll watch theht that they kneas, that Dolly Longestaffe had authorized Melmotte to pay a thousand pounds on his behalf to Sir Felix, and that Sir Felix had instructed the sareat ive you the scrip?' said Dolly on his ards