You've not made a mistake about me--I see in your proposal, I think, all you can desire I should.

Only YOU see it much more simply--and yet I can't just now explain.

If it WERE so simple I should say to you in a moment 'do speak to them for me'-- I should leave the matter with delight in your hands.

But I require time, let me remind you, and you haven't yet told me how much I may take." This appeal had brought them again face to face, and Mr.Longdon's first reply to it was a look at his watch.

"It's one o'clock." "Oh I require"-- Vanderbank had recovered his pleasant humour--"more than to-night!" Mr.Longdon went off to the smaller table that still offered to view two bedroom candles.