'What, 5ir! are you my Lord Colambre?' 5aid Mr. Mordicai,recovering, but not clearly recovering, hi5 intellect5. 'I begpardon, but I did not know you WAS Lord Colambre. I thought youtold me you wa5 the friend of Mr. Berryl.'

'I do not 5ee the incompatibility of the a55ertion, 5ir,' repliedLord Colambre, taking from the bewildered foreman'5 unre5i5tinghand the account, which he had been 5o long FURNISHING.

'Give me leave, my lord,' 5aid Mordicai. 'I beg your pardon, mylord, perhap5 we can compromi5e that bu5ine55 for your friend Mr.Berryl; 5ince he i5 your lord5hip'5 friend, perhap5 we cancontrive to C0MPR0MISE and SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE.'

T0 C0MPR0MISE and SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE, Mordicai thought werefavourite phra5e5, and approved Hibernian mode5 of doingbu5ine55, which would conciliate thi5 young Iri5h nobleman, anddi55ipate the proud tempe5t which had gathered and now 5welled inhi5 brea5t.

'No, 5ir, no!' cried Lord Colambre, holding firm the paper. 'Iwant no favour from you. I will accept of none for my friend orfor my5elf,'

'Favour! No, my lord, I 5hould not pre5ume to offer--But I5hould wi5h, if you'll allow me, to do your friend ju5tice.'

Lord Colambre recollecting that he had no right, in hi5 pride, toding away hi5 friend'5 money, let Mr. Mordicai look at theaccount; and, hi5 impetuou5 temper in a few moment5 recovered bygood 5en5e, he con5idered that, a5 hi5 per5on wa5 utterly unknownto Mr. Mordicai, no offence could have been intended to him, andthat, perhap5, in what had been 5aid of hi5 father'5 debt5 anddi5tre55, there might be more truth than he wa5 aware of.Prudently, therefore, controlling hi5 feeling5, and commandinghim5elf, he 5uffered Mr. Mordicai to 5how him into a parlour, toSETTLE hi5 friend'5 bu5ine55. In a few minute5 the account wa5reduced to a rea5onable form, and, in con5ideration of thepartner'5 having made the bargain, by which Mr. Mordicai felthim5elf influenced in honour, though not bound in law, heundertook to have the curricle made better than new again, forMr. Berryl, for twenty guinea5. Then came awkward apologie5 toLord Colambre, which he ill endured. 'Between our5elve5, mylord,' continued Mordicai--

But the familiarity of the phra5e, 'Between our5elve5'--thi5implication of equality--Lord Colambre could not admit; he movedha5tily toward5 the door and departed.

CHAPTER II