sir i have not at present the intention said mr of � ha � exceeding a fortnight that s a very short stay after so long a journey returned mr hum yes said mr but the truth my dear mr that i find a foreign life so well suited to my health and taste that i � hum � have but two objects in my present visit to london first the � ha � the distinguished happiness and � ha � privilege which i now enjoy and appreciate secondly the arrangement � hum � the laying out that is to say in the best way of � ha hum � my money well sir said mr after turning his tongue again if i can be of any use to you in that respect you may command me mr s speech had had more hesitation in it than usual as he approached the topic for he was not perfectly clear how so exalted a might take it he had doubts whether reference to any individual capital or fortune might not seem a affair to so a dealer greatly relieved by mr s offer of assistance he caught at it directly and heaped upon him i scarcely � ha � dared said mr i assure you to hope for so � hum � vast an advantage as your direct advice and assistance though of course i should under any circumstances like the � ha hum � rest of the world have followed in mr s train you know we may almost say we are related sir said mr curiously interested in the pattern of the carpet and therefore you may consider me at your service ha very handsome indeed cried mr ha most handsome it would not said mr be at the present moment easy for what i may call a mere to come into any of the good things � of course i speak of my own good things of course of course cried mr in a tone that there were no other good things � unless at a high price at what we are accustomed to term a very long figure mr laughed in the of his spirit ha ha ha long figure good ha very expressive to be sure however said mr i do generally retain in my own hands the power of some preference � people in general would be pleased to call it favor � as a sort of compliment for my care and trouble and public spirit and genius mr suggested mr a dry action seemed to dispose of those qualities like a then added as a sort of return for it i little d er t a will see if you please how i can exert this limited power for people are jealous and it is limited to your advantage you are very good replied mr you are very good of course said mr there must be the integrity and in these transactions there must be the purest faith between man and man there must be and confidence or business could not be carried on mr hailed these generous sentiments with therefore said mr i can only give you a preference to a certain extent i perceive to a defined extent observed mr defined extent and perfectly above board as to my advice however said mr that is another matter that such as it is oh such as it was mr could not bear the faintest appearance of its being even by mr himself � that there is nothing in the bonds of honor between myself and my fellow man to prevent my parting with if i choose and that said mr now deeply intent upon a dust cart that was passing the windows shall be at your command whenever you think proper new from mr passages of mr s hand over his forehead calm and silence contemplation of mr s waistcoat buttons by mr my time being rather precious said mr suddenly getting up as if he had been waiting in the interval for his legs and they had just come i must be moving towards the city can i take you anywhere sir i shall be happy to set you down or send you on my carriage is at your disposal mr himself that he had business at his banker s his banker s was in the city that was fortunate mr would take him into the city but surely he might not detain mr while he assumed his coat yes he might and must mr insisted on it so mr retiring into the next room put himself under the hands of his and in five minutes came back glorious then said mr allow me sir take my arm then leaning on mr s arm did mr descend the staircase seeing the on the steps and feeling that the light of mr shone by reflection in himself then the carriage and the ride into the city and the people who looked at them and the hats that new off grey heads and the general bowing and crouching before this wonderful mortal the like of which of spirit was not to be seen � no by high heaven no it may be worth thinking of by of all � in westminster abbey and saint paul s cathedral put together on any sunday in the year it was a dream to mr to find himself set aloft in this public car of triumph making a magnificent progress to that destination the golden street of the there mr insisted on and going his way a foot and leaving his poor at mr s disposition so the dream increased in rapture when mr came out of the bank little alone and people looked at mm in of mr and when with the ears of his mind he heard the frequent exclamation as he rolled along a wonderful man to he mr s friend at dinner that day 