clerk. The clerk again assented,—after
a fashion, not by any means with the comfortable certainty
with which he had signified his accordance with his
employer’s first propositions. But he did
not, at any rate, hint any disapprobation of the step
which Melmotte proposed to take. Then Melmotte
went a step farther, and explained that the only difficulty
in reference to such a transaction would be that the
signature of his daughter would be required to be corroborated
by that of a witness before he could use it.
Then he again looked up at Croll;—but on
this occasion Croll did not move a muscle of his face.
There certainly was no assent. Melmotte continued
to look at him; but then came upon the old clerk’s
countenance a stern look which amounted to very...