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The Way We Live Now

Chapter 5 AFTER THE BALL.

Word Count: 1332    |    Released on: 29/11/2017

elix as he got into the broug

o me then, who had nothin

he-bye, now I think of it, I'll run down to the club before I go home."

lock, Felix,"

see I'm hungry. You had s

he club for supper at th

eding night, and had again won. Dolly Longestaffe owed him now a considerable sum of money, and Lord Grasslough was also in his debt. He was sure that Grasslough would go to the club after the ball, and he was determined that they should not think that he had submitted to be carried h

d had got up-stairs. Then the elder spoke of the trouble that wa

ot no mon

with him, though, for him and such friends as he has

y all do play,

ot that he will not obey me. A mother perhaps should not expect obedience from a grown-up son. But my word is not

o long his own

him as though he were but a child. Hetta, you s

a;-that i

always w

ice." Her mother was seated, with both her hands up to her forehead, and shook her

Henrietta came up and kissed her, and bade her good night. "I think I

y fault,

pend a shilling that I can help. I want nothing for myself,-nothing for mysel

of you,

ffer. What right have you to refuse him? I b

sin very much;-but that is all. Good night, mamma." Lady Carbu

juvenile constitutions. The party consisted of Dolly Longestaffe, Lord Grasslough, Miles Grendall, and Felix Carbury, and the four had amused themselves during the last six hours with various innocent games. They had commenced with whist, and had culminated during the last half-hour with blind hookey. But during the whole night Felix had won. Miles Grendall hated him, and there had been an expressed opinion between Miles and the young lord that it would be both profitable and proper to r

ct bitterly, but contested it in vain. There were his own initials and his own figures, and even Miles Grendall, who was supposed to be quite wide awake, could not reduce the amount. Then Grendall had lost over £400 to Carbury,-an amount, indeed, that mattered little, as Miles could, at present, as easily have raised £40,000. However, he

ere to-morrow,-that is

ly one thing,"

one

should be squared be

said Grasslough angrily. "Do

lay cards, it's intended to be ready-money, that's all. But I'm not goin

l right,"

"He is an old friend, and we know each other. Y

he devil do yo

l that our account should be s

is the kind of thing I'm

elf taken home, calculated that if he could realize his spoil, he might begin the campaign again

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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.