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The Way We Live Now

Chapter LIX The Dinner

Word Count: 3542    |    Released on: 17/11/2017

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1 Chapter I Three Editors2 Chapter II The Carbury Family3 Chapter III The Beargarden4 Chapter IV Madame Melmotte's Ball5 Chapter V After the Ball6 Chapter VI Roger Carbury and Paul Montague7 Chapter VII Mentor8 Chapter VIII Love-Sick9 Chapter IX The Great Railway to Vera Cruz10 Chapter X Mr Fisker's Success11 Chapter XI Lady Carbury at Home12 Chapter XII Sir Felix in His Mother's House13 Chapter XIII The Longestaffes14 Chapter XIV Carbury Manor15 Chapter XV 'You Should Remember that I Am His Mother'16 Chapter XVI The Bishop and the Priest17 Chapter XVII Marie Melmotte Hears a Love Tale18 Chapter XVIII Ruby Ruggles Hears a Love Tale19 Chapter XIX Hetta Carbury Hears a Love Tale20 Chapter XX Lady Pomona's Dinner Party21 Chapter XXI Everybody Goes to Them22 Chapter XXII Lord Nidderdale's Morality23 Chapter XXIII 'Yes I'm a Baronet'24 Chapter XXIV Miles Grendall's Triumph25 Chapter XXV In Grosvenor Square26 Chapter XXVI Mrs Hurtle27 Chapter XXVII Mrs Hurtle Goes to the Play28 Chapter XXVIII Dolly Longestaffe Goes into the City29 Chapter XXIX Miss Melmotte's Courage30 Chapter XXX Mr Melmotte's Promise31 Chapter XXXI Mr Broune has Made up His Mind32 Chapter XXXII Lady Monogram33 Chapter XXXIII John Crumb34 Chapter XXXIV Ruby Ruggles Obeys Her Grandfather35 Chapter XXXV Melmotte's Glory36 Chapter XXXVI Mr Broune's Perils37 Chapter XXXVII The Board-Room38 Chapter XXXVIII Paul Montague's Troubles39 Chapter XXXIX 'I Do Love Him'40 Chapter XL 'Unanimity is the Very Soul of These Things'41 Chapter XLI All Prepared42 Chapter XLII 'Can You Be Ready in Ten Minutes'43 Chapter XLIII The City Road44 Chapter XLIV The Coming Election45 Chapter XLV Mr Melmotte is Pressed for Time46 Chapter XLVI Roger Carbury and His Two Friends47 Chapter XLVII Mrs Hurtle at Lowestoft48 Chapter XLVIII Ruby a Prisoner49 Chapter XLIX Sir Felix Makes Himself Ready50 Chapter L The Journey to Liverpool51 Chapter LI Which Shall it Be52 Chapter LII The Results of Love and Wine53 Chapter LIII A Day in the City54 Chapter LIV The India Office55 Chapter LV Clerical Charities56 Chapter LVI Father Barham Visits London57 Chapter LVII Lord Nidderdale Tries His Hand Again58 Chapter LVIII Mr Squercum is Employed59 Chapter LIX The Dinner60 Chapter LX Miss Longestaffe's Lover61 Chapter LXI Lady Monogram Prepares for the Party62 Chapter LXII The Party63 Chapter LXIII Mr Melmotte on the Day of the Election64 Chapter LXIV The Election65 Chapter LXV Miss Longestaffe Writes Home66 Chapter LXVI 'So Shall Be My Enmity'67 Chapter LXVII Sir Felix Protects His Sister68 Chapter LXVIII Miss Melmotte Declares Her Purpose69 Chapter LXIX Melmotte in Parliament70 Chapter LXX Sir Felix Meddles with Many Matters71 Chapter LXXI John Crumb Falls into Trouble72 Chapter LXXII 'Ask Himself'73 Chapter LXXIII Marie's Fortune74 Chapter LXXIV Melmotte Makes a Friend75 Chapter LXXV In Bruton Street76 Chapter LXXVI Hetta and Her Lover77 Chapter LXXVII Another Scene in Bruton Street78 Chapter LXXVIII Miss Longestaffe Again at Caversham79 Chapter LXXIX The Brehgert Correspondence80 Chapter LXXX Ruby Prepares for Service81 Chapter LXXXI Mr Cohenlupe Leaves London82 Chapter LXXXII Marie's Perseverance83 Chapter LXXXIII Melmotte Again at the House84 Chapter LXXXIV Paul Montague's Vindication85 Chapter LXXXV Breakfast in Berkeley Square86 Chapter LXXXVI The Meeting in Bruton Street87 Chapter LXXXVII Down at Carbury88 Chapter LXXXVIII The Inquest89 Chapter LXXXIX 'The Wheel of Fortune'90 Chapter XC Hetta's Sorrow91 Chapter XCI The Rivals92 Chapter XCII Hamilton K. Fisker Again93 Chapter XCIV John Crumb's Victory94 Chapter XCV The Longestaffe Marriages95 Chapter XCVI Where 'The Wild Asses Quench Their Thirst'96 Chapter XCVII Mrs Hurtle's Fate97 Chapter XCVIII Marie Melmotte's Fate98 Chapter XCIX Lady Carbury and Mr Broune99 Chapter C Down in Suffolk