'
The secretary smiled again; laughed, indeed, this time; and said,
rubbing his nose slily with one end of the portfolio:
'It was a capital thought, wasn't it?'
'What was a capital thought, David?' Mr Montague inquired.
'The Anglo-Bengalee,' tittered the secretary.
'The Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and Life Assurance Company is
rather a capital concern, I hope, David,' said Montague.
'Capital indeed!' cried the secretary, with another laugh--' in one
sense.'
'In the only important one,' observed the chairman; 'which is number
one, David.'
'What,' asked the secretary, bursting into another laugh, 'what will be
the paid up capital, according to the next prospectus?'
'A figure of two, and as many oughts after it as the printer can get
into the same line,' replied his friend. 'Ha, ha!'
At this they both laughed; the secretary so vehemently, that in kicking
up his feet, he kicked the apron open, and nearly started Cauliflower's
brother into an oyster shop; not to mention Mr Bailey's receiving such
a sudden swing, that he held on for a moment quite a young Fame, by one
strap and no legs.
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