"Yes,--yes. And he did put a slip with your name on it on my desk. I do remember. My dear sir, I have so many things on my brain, that I hardly know how to get along with them. You are coming to the Board? It's just the time now."
"No;"--said Mr. Longestaffe. "I can stay no longer in the City." It was cruel that a man so hungry should be asked to go to a Board by a chairman who had just lunched at his club.

"Yes, yes. I do remember. My dear sir, I have so many things on my brain, that I hardly know how to get along with them. You are coming to the Board now?"
"No," said Mr. Longestaffe. "I can stay no longer in the City. 