I want you to explain all this to Mr.Hartrey, and to help him in the management of the business.
There is nobody else here, David, whom I can trust, as I trust you.

I see no alternative but to ask you to go to London." On my side, I had no alternative but to submit--and, what is more (remembering all that I owed to my aunt), to submit with my best grace.
We consulted Mr.Keller; and he entirely agreed that I was the fittest person who could be found to reconcile Mr.Hartrey to the commercial responsibilities that burdened him.

After a day's delay at Bingen, to study the condition of Mr.Engelman's health and to write the fullest report to Frankfort, the faster I could travel afterwards, and the sooner I could reach London, the better.
So hard necessity compelled me to leave the stage, before the curtain rose on the final acts of the drama.

The mail-post started at six in the morning.

I packed up, and took leave of everybody, overnight--excepting Madame Fontaine, who still kept her room, and who was not well enough to see me.