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On MondayThursday that he had made his famous speech in Parliament,--one of the Bideawhiles had come to him in the City He had told Mr Bideawhile that all the world knew that just at the presentfor payment of a commercial debt,' said Mr Bideawhile, 'but for the price of a considerable property which you have purchased' Mr Melested that the characteristics of the money were the saht Then he offered to make the payment in two bills at three and six months' date, with proper interest allowed But this offer Mr Bideawhile scouted with indignation, deht be restored to theht whatever to demand the title-deeds,' said Melmotte 'You can only claim the sum due, and I have already told you how I propose to pay it'

Mr Bideawhile was nearly beside himself with dismay In the whole course of his business, in all the records of the very respectable fir as this Of course Mr Longestaffe had been the person to bla thes with the man of iven up But then the title-deeds had not been his to surrender The Pickering estate had been the joint property of him and his son The house had been already pulled down, and now the purchaser offered bills in lieu of the purchase money! 'Do you ot the ht, and that nevertheless the title-deeds have already gone out of your hands?'

'I have property to ten times the value, twenty times the value, thirty times the value,' said Melmotte proudly; 'but you ed in large affairs cannot always realise such a suhty thousand pounds at a day's notice' Mr Bideawhile without using language that was absolutely vituperative gave Mr Melht that he and his client had been robbed, and that he should at once take whatever severest steps the law put in his power As Mr Meled his shoulders and made no further reply, Mr Bideawhile could only take his departure