"Hasn't come, I suppose."
"And where's the Lord Mayor?" Melmotte, in spite of royalty, was now sitting with his face turned round upon the hall. "I know all their places, and I know where they were put. Have you seen the Lord Mayor?"
"No; I haven't seen him at all."
"But he was to come. What's the meaning of it, Alfred?"
"Don't know anything about it." He shook his head but would not, for even a moment, look round upon the room.

"Where's the Lord Mayor?" In spite of royalty, he was now sitting with his face turned round upon the hall. "Have you seen the Lord Mayor?"
"No, I haven't."
"But he was to come. What's the meaning of it, Alfred?"
"Don't know anything about it."
