"Did he;--dear boy!"
"Had he any meaning?"
"Oh; yes. And it is quite on the cards that it should be so. You have heard of Miss Melmotte."
"I have heard of the great French swindler who has come over here, and who is buying his way into society."
"Everybody visits them now, Roger."
"More shame for everybody. Who knows anything about him,--except that he left Paris with the reputation of a specially prosperous rogue? But what of him?"

"Dear boy! It is quite possible. You have heard of Miss Melmotte."
"I have heard of the great French swindler who is buying his way into society."
"Everybody visits them now, Roger."
"More shame for everybody. But what of him?"
