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'Are you going to see Melmotte, sir?' he asked somewhat abruptly

'Yes;--I'm to be with him to-oing in for that, are you, sir? Do they pay anything?'

'I believe not'

'Nidderdale and young Carbury belong to it It's a sort of Beargarden affair'

'A bear-garden affair, Adolphus How so?'

'I mean the club We had theave the to it I don't think they'd go in for it, if there was noif I took the trouble of going all that way'

'I think that perhaps, Adolphus, you hardly understand these things'

'No, I don't I don't understand much about business, I know What I want to understand is, when Mel to pay up this e it with the banks,' said the father

'I beg that he won't arrange my money with the banks, sir You'd better tell him not A cheque upon his bank which I can pay in toYou'll be in the city to-morrow, and you'd better tell hiet Squercum to do it' Mr Squercum was a lahom Dolly had employed of late years much to the annoyance of his parent Mr Squercu you'll do nothing of the kind It will be very foolish if you do;--perhaps ruinous'

'Then he'd better pay up, like anybody else,' said Dolly as he left the room The father knew the son, and was quite sure that Squercuer in the pie unless the money were paid quickly When Dolly had taken an idea into his head, no power on earth,--no power at least of which the father could avail himself,--would turn him

On that same day Melmotte received two visits in the city from two of his fellow directors At the ti speeches were neither long nor pithy, still he had to think of the to see him Orders as to the dinner and the preparation of the house could not be given by Lord Alfred without soantic commercial affairs which were enumerated in the last chapter could not be adjusted without much labour on his part His hands were not efriend, what can I do for you?' he said to Sir Felix, not sitting down, so that Sir Felix also should re