Don't let your spirits go down.
One character in this novel mistakes an American visitor for a "heathen Chinee" and sings the refrain "Cheer up, Sam; /  Don't let your spirits go down. / There's many a girl that I know well, / Is waiting for you in the town." In this novel, the  Emperor of China feels out of place at a magnificent dinner. One character in this novel, a regular at the Bear-Garden,  insists that a policeman restrained him as he was beaten by John Crumb, who becomes engaged to Ruby Ruggles. The  primary villain of this novel kills himself by drinking prussic acid long after scheming with Hamilton Fisker on a non-  existent (*) railroad between Utah and Mexico. Paul Montague finally gets with Hetta in this novel, which opens with Lady  Carbury making matches for her children. The financier Augustus Melmotte represents corruption in this Victorian social satire.  For 10 points, name this stand-alone masterpiece by Anthony Trollope.
One character in this novel mistakes an American visitor for a "heathen Chinee" and sings the refrain "Cheer up, Sam; /  
The Way We Live Now