"Don't you think that Carbury and I ought to have some shares to sell?"
"No, I don't,--if you ask me."
"Oh;--I didn't know. But why shouldn't we as well as the others?"
"Have you and Sir Felix put any money into it?"
"Well, if you come to that, I don't suppose we have. How much has Lord Alfred put into it?"
"_I_ have taken shares for Lord Alfred," said Melmotte, putting very heavy emphasis on the personal pronoun. "If it suits me to advance money to Lord Alfred Grendall, I suppose I may do so without asking your lordship's consent, or that of Sir Felix Carbury."

"Don't you think that Carbury and I ought to have some shares to sell?"
"No, I don't."
"But why shouldn't we as well as the others?"
"Have you and Sir Felix put any money into it?"
"Well, I don't suppose we have. How much has Lord Alfred put into it?"
"I have taken shares for Lord Alfred," said Melmotte, with heavy emphasis. "If it suits me to advance money to Lord Alfred Grendall, I suppose I may do so without your consent, or Sir Felix Carbury's."
