'Don't think of it.

Oh, I know those men in the City! Their friends get ruined, and they--well, I mustn't say anything against them, because my husband was one of them, poor dear,--but they move into larger offices.

Mr.Drake has been asking you to join him ?' 'He hasn't done anything of the sort.

I heard of the matter through quite an independent channel.

However, I am not ruined yet, and the company won't be floated for another four months.