Try me. [Sir Julian disappears suddenly.]
Mr. Joseph Lebanon.
’Ush! Thought I ’eard somebody. Lady T, you are aware that Mr. Joseph Lebanon’s position in the financial world is an eminent one.
Lady Twombley.
I wasn’t aware of it.
Mr. Joseph Lebanon.
Take it from me, Lady T, take it from me. But that distinguished position might be advanced by the success of some delicate little financial operations which I’m on the brink of, Lady Twombley, on the brink of. Lady T, if I could know twenty-four hours in advance of the prying newspapers the decision of the Government on the Rajputana Canal Question it would go far to ’eal the wound my self-respect has received in this recherché ’Ighland ’ome. You follow me, Lady T?
Lady Twombley.
I suppose you mean that when the decision of the Government is known in the City something or other will go up and something or other will go down on the Stock Exchange? Is that it?
Mr. Joseph Lebanon.