It would have been very pleasant to have had this at once,--but Mr. Longestaffe felt the absurdity of pressing such a man as Mr. Melmotte, and was partly conscious of the gradual consummation of a new ra in money matters. 
It would have been very pleasant to have had this at once - but Mr. Longestaffe felt the absurdity of pressing such a man as Mr. Melmotte.
