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'No; we did not'

'I was very sorry for it Unani as this With unani' Mr Melmotte in the ecstasy of his enthusiasm lifted up both his hands over his head 'Without unani' And the two hands fell 'Unanimity should be printed everywhere about a Board-rooue'

'But suppose the directors are not unanimous'

'They should be unanimous They should make themselves unani fall to pieces!'

'Not if it can be carried on honestly'

'Honestly! Who says that anything is dishonest?' Again the brow becaue If you and I quarrel in the Board-roo the amount of evil we may do to every individual shareholder in the Coreat that I say the thing ue, it must be stopped We ue We mustn't let those shares run down 20 below par for a ue, sent straight to the dogs,--annihilated, sir;--so that it all vanished into thin air, and s and children past counting were sent out to starve about the streets,--just because one director sat in another director's chair I did, by G--! What do you think of that, Mr Montague? Gentle it is,--as the air,--to buoy you up; how slight it is,--as a hly touched, can do an amount of mischief of which they themselves don't in the least understand the extent! What is it you want, Mr Montague?'

'What do I want?' Melreat iven without soue, but this direct appeal to himself almost drove that effect out of his mind 'I only want justice'

'But you should knohat justice is before you deue I suppose you are like the rest of us, in this matter You want to make money out of it'

'For myself, I want interest forof ood interest If I understand thethereby how careful he was indetails,--'you had about £6,000 eine yourself to have that still'