Friday at noon
I ca n't do any more than that . And upon my word , Mr. Melmotte , you 've given me a great deal of trouble . '' Melmotte with a smile apologized . Then it was settled that they three should meet in that very room on Friday at noon , and that the payment should then be made , -- Dolly stipulating that as his father would be attended by Bideawhile , so would he be attended by Squercum . To this Mr. Longestaffe senior yielded with a very bad grace . Lady Carbury was at this time so miserable in regard to her son that she found herself unable to be active as she would otherwise have been in her endeavours to separate Paul Montague and her daughter . Roger had come up to town and given his opinion , very freely at any rate with regard to Sir Felix .