"Very well," said Miles, still standing at the door. There had been a few words of consultation between him and his father,--only a very few words. "You'd better see it out to-night, as you've had a regular salary, and all that. I shall hook it. I sha'n't go near him to-morrow till I find out how things are going. By G----, I've had about enough of him." But hardly enough of his money,--or it may be presumed that Lord Alfred would have "hooked it" sooner.
"Why don't you come in, and not stand there?" said Melmotte. "There's no Emperor here now for you to be afraid of."

"Very well," said Miles, still standing at the door. There had been a few words of consultation between him and his father. "You'd better see it out tonight," his father had said, "as you've had a regular salary. I shan't go near him till I find out how things are going. By G__ , I've had about enough of him."
"Why don't you come in?" said Melmotte. "There's no Emperor here now for you to be afraid of."
