"I have inquired, and there is nothing to justify me in thinking that the charges can be substantiated."
"They say that the story is believed in the City."
"I should not feel myself justified in acting upon such a report. The Prince might probably find it impossible not to go. Where should we be if Mr. Melmotte to-morrow were able to prove the whole to be a calumny, and to show that the thing had been got up with a view of influencing the election at Westminster? The dinner must certainly go on."
"And you will go yourself?"

"They say that the story is believed in the City."
"I should not feel myself justified in acting upon such a report. The Prince might not go. Where should we be if Mr. Melmotte tomorrow were able to prove the whole thing was a calumny, got up to influence the election at Westminster? The dinner must certainly go on."
"And you will go?"
