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The Way We Live Now

Chapter 3 THE BEARGARDEN.

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e money in her hands when she first took it, she had made it pretty and pleasant, and was still proud to feel that in spite of the hardness of her position sh

editors and critics. Here she was rarely disturbed by her daughter, and admitted no visitors except editors and critics. But her son was controlled by no household laws, and would break in upon her pri

pray leave your tobacco be

into the fire-place. "Some women swear they like smoke, others say they hate it like

pose that I wi

. I wonder whether you can

ear F

-but how about th

-but how about th

to E

it for,

live without some money in his pocket. I do with as little as most fellows. I pay for nothing that I ca

be the end o

order to be in at the finish. I never could pass a dish that I liked in favour of those that were to follow. Wh

re drinking tea, and idle men playing whist at the clubs,-at which young idle men are sometimes allowed to flirt, a

just com

do you thi

ut her. She is not pretty, she is not plain; she is not cl

kely to make

e willing to believe that as wife

s the mot

er, I shall ever find out where the mother came from. Dolly Longestaffe says that

s it matt

n the

civil

civil

the f

and I think the old fellow is bewildered among them all. He's thinking more of getting dukes to dine

hy not

and it's no good flogging a willing

w how poor we are. You have still

If I can marry Miss Melmotte, I suppose all will be right. But I don't think the way to get her would be to throw up everything and let all the world know that I haven't got a copper. To do that kind of

manded was forthcoming, though at the time it could be but ill afforded, and the youth went away apparently with a light heart, ha

n, before which hour the promoters of the Beargarden thought it improbable that they and their fellows would want a club. There were to be no morning papers taken, no library, no morning-room. Dining-rooms, billiard-rooms, and card-rooms would suffice for the Beargarden. Everything was to be provided by a purveyor, so that the club should be cheated only by one man. Everything was to be luxurious, but the luxuries were to be achieved at first cost. It had been a happy thought, and the club was said to prosper. Herr Vossner, the purveyor, was a jewel, and so carried on affairs that there was no trouble about anything. He would assist even in smoothing little difficulties as to the settling of card accounts, and had behaved with the greatest tenderness to the drawers of cheques whose bankers had harshly declared

teps with a cigar in his mouth, and gazing vacantly at the dull b

e. I'm engaged somewhere, I know; but I'm not up to getting home and dres

o hunt t

would get me up in time. I can't tell why it is that things are done in such a beastly way. Why should

n't ride by moo

on Square by nine. I don't think that fellow of mine likes getting u

have you got at

fellow down there sold one; but then I thin

rides

riding two of them last week. I don't think I ever told him he might. I think he tipped that fellow of mine; and I call that

sslough were

cause he is a lord, and is devilish ill-natured.

ve his

ury, I've made up my mind to one thing, and, by Jove, I'll stick to it. I never

s haven't got an

I've paid for any of mine I've bought this

ere at t

o be paid for something! It was horses, I

did yo

didn't sa

w did i

while he was biting off the end I went up-stairs. I

f yours for a couple of days,-that is, of course, if you d

said Dolly, with me

Nobody knows as well as you do how awfully done up I am. I shall pull through at last, but

llow of mine will believe you. He wouldn't believe Grasslough, and told him s

ite a line to

w will believe you, because you and I have been pals. I think I'll have a little

ering, there had been to-night, various devils and broils and hot toasts having been brought up from time to time first for one and then for another. But there had been no cessation of gambling since the cards had first been opened about ten o'clock. At four in the morning Dolly Longestaffe was certainly in a condition to lend his horses and to remember nothing about it. He was quite affectionate with Lord Grasslough, as he was also with his other companions,-affection being the normal state of his mind when in that condition. He was by no means helplessly drunk, and was, perhaps, hardly more

h. "It's an understood thing that when a man

k. "That's nonsense; there must be an end of every

hoose," said

; we'll settle this next time w

gestaffe's money, too, would certainly be paid, though Dolly did complain of the importunity of his tradesmen. As he walked up St. James's Street, looking for a cab, he presumed himself to be worth over £700. When begging for a small sum from Lady Carbury, he had said that he could not carry on the game without some ready money, and had considered himself fortunate in fleecing his mother as he had done. Now he was in the possession of wealth,-

ail with which his mother had spoken of her poverty when he demanded assistance from her. Now he could give her back the £20. But it occurred to him sharply, with an amount of carefulness quite new to him, that it would be foolish to do so. How soon might he want i

Buckinghamshire, riding two of Dolly Longestaffe's horses,-for the

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1 Chapter 1 THREE EDITORS.2 Chapter 2 THE CARBURY FAMILY.3 Chapter 3 THE BEARGARDEN.4 Chapter 4 MADAME MELMOTTE'S BALL.5 Chapter 5 AFTER THE BALL.6 Chapter 6 ROGER CARBURY AND PAUL MONTAGUE.7 Chapter 7 MENTOR.8 Chapter 8 LOVE-SICK.9 Chapter 9 THE GREAT RAILWAY TO VERA CRUZ.10 Chapter 10 MR. FISKER'S SUCCESS.11 Chapter 11 LADY CARBURY AT HOME.12 Chapter 12 SIR FELIX IN HIS MOTHER'S HOUSE.13 Chapter 13 THE LONGESTAFFES.14 Chapter 14 CARBURY MANOR.15 Chapter 15 YOU SHOULD REMEMBER THAT I AM HIS MOTHER. 16 Chapter 16 THE BISHOP AND THE PRIEST.17 Chapter 17 MARIE MELMOTTE HEARS A LOVE TALE.18 Chapter 18 RUBY RUGGLES HEARS A LOVE TALE.19 Chapter 19 HETTA CARBURY HEARS A LOVE TALE.20 Chapter 20 LADY POMONA'S DINNER PARTY.21 Chapter 21 EVERYBODY GOES TO THEM.22 Chapter 22 LORD NIDDERDALE'S MORALITY.23 Chapter 23 YES;-I'M A BARONET. 24 Chapter 24 MILES GRENDALL'S TRIUMPH.25 Chapter 25 IN GROSVENOR SQUARE.26 Chapter 26 MRS. HURTLE.27 Chapter 27 MRS. HURTLE GOES TO THE PLAY.28 Chapter 28 DOLLY LONGESTAFFE GOES INTO THE CITY.29 Chapter 29 MISS MELMOTTE'S COURAGE.30 Chapter 30 MR. MELMOTTE'S PROMISE.31 Chapter 31 MR. BROUNE HAS MADE UP HIS MIND.32 Chapter 32 LADY MONOGRAM.33 Chapter 33 JOHN CRUMB.34 Chapter 34 RUBY RUGGLES OBEYS HER GRANDFATHER.35 Chapter 35 MELMOTTE'S GLORY.36 Chapter 36 MR. BROUNE'S PERILS.37 Chapter 37 THE BOARD-ROOM.38 Chapter 38 PAUL MONTAGUE'S TROUBLES.39 Chapter 39 I DO LOVE HIM. 40 Chapter 40 UNANIMITY IS THE VERY SOUL OF THESE THINGS. 41 Chapter 41 ALL PREPARED.42 Chapter 42 CAN YOU BE READY IN TEN MINUTES 43 Chapter 43 THE CITY ROAD.44 Chapter 44 THE COMING ELECTION.45 Chapter 45 MR. MELMOTTE IS PRESSED FOR TIME.46 Chapter 46 ROGER CARBURY AND HIS TWO FRIENDS.47 Chapter 47 MRS. HURTLE AT LOWESTOFT.48 Chapter 48 RUBY A PRISONER.49 Chapter 49 SIR FELIX MAKES HIMSELF READY.50 Chapter 50 THE JOURNEY TO LIVERPOOL.51 Chapter 51 WHICH SHALL IT BE 52 Chapter 52 THE RESULTS OF LOVE AND WINE.53 Chapter 53 A DAY IN THE CITY.54 Chapter 54 THE INDIA OFFICE.55 Chapter 55 CLERICAL CHARITIES.56 Chapter 56 FATHER BARHAM VISITS LONDON.57 Chapter 57 LORD NIDDERDALE TRIES HIS HAND AGAIN.58 Chapter 58 MR. SQUERCUM IS EMPLOYED.59 Chapter 59 THE DINNER.60 Chapter 60 MISS LONGESTAFFE'S LOVER.61 Chapter 61 LADY MONOGRAM PREPARES FOR THE PARTY.62 Chapter 62 THE PARTY.63 Chapter 63 MR. MELMOTTE ON THE DAY OF THE ELECTION.64 Chapter 64 THE ELECTION.65 Chapter 65 MISS LONGESTAFFE WRITES HOME.66 Chapter 66 SO SHALL BE MY ENMITY. 67 Chapter 67 SIR FELIX PROTECTS HIS SISTER.68 Chapter 68 MISS MELMOTTE DECLARES HER PURPOSE.69 Chapter 69 MELMOTTE IN PARLIAMENT.70 Chapter 70 SIR FELIX MEDDLES WITH MANY MATTERS.71 Chapter 71 JOHN CRUMB FALLS INTO TROUBLE.72 Chapter 72 ASK HIMSELF. 73 Chapter 73 MARIE'S FORTUNE.74 Chapter 74 MELMOTTE MAKES A FRIEND.75 Chapter 75 IN BRUTON STREET.76 Chapter 76 HETTA AND HER LOVER.77 Chapter 77 ANOTHER SCENE IN BRUTON STREET.78 Chapter 78 MISS LONGESTAFFE AGAIN AT CAVERSHAM.79 Chapter 79 THE BREHGERT CORRESPONDENCE.80 Chapter 80 RUBY PREPARES FOR SERVICE.81 Chapter 81 MR. COHENLUPE LEAVES LONDON.82 Chapter 82 MARIE'S PERSEVERANCE.83 Chapter 83 MELMOTTE AGAIN AT THE HOUSE.84 Chapter 84 PAUL MONTAGUE'S VINDICATION.85 Chapter 85 BREAKFAST IN BERKELEY SQUARE.86 Chapter 86 THE MEETING IN BRUTON STREET.87 Chapter 87 DOWN AT CARBURY.88 Chapter 88 THE INQUEST.89 Chapter 89 THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE. 90 Chapter 90 HETTA'S SORROW.91 Chapter 91 THE RIVALS.92 Chapter 92 HAMILTON K. FISKER AGAIN.93 Chapter 93 A TRUE LOVER.94 Chapter 94 JOHN CRUMB'S VICTORY.95 Chapter 95 THE LONGESTAFFE MARRIAGES.96 Chapter 96 WHERE THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST. 97 Chapter 97 MRS. HURTLE'S FATE.98 Chapter 98 MARIE MELMOTTE'S FATE.99 Chapter 99 LADY CARBURY AND MR. BROUNE.100 Chapter 100 DOWN IN SUFFOLK.