‘Dear sir,’ said the letter,

If not inconvenient would you call on me in Grosvenor Square to-morrow, Sunday, at half past eleven.  If you are going to church, perhaps you will make an appointment in the afternoon; if not, the morning will suit best.  I want to have a few words with you in private about the Company.  My messenger will wait for answer if you are at the club.

   Yours truly,

   Augustus Melmotte.

   Paul Montague, Esq.,
   The Beargarden.

Paul immediately wrote to say that he would call at Grosvenor Square at the hour appointed,—­abandoning any intentions which he might have had in reference to Sunday morning service.  But this was not the only letter he received that evening.  On his return to his lodgings, he...