I cannot consent to go into company under existing circumstances." "Oh, we can manage all that," said he, tapping me on my shoulder.

"Be obedient to my orders, and attend to my interest, and you shall not long want the means of gratifying your wishes.

Mr.Harrison has left the office.

It is my intention that you supply his place.
"Harrison gone!" cried I in a tone of vexation and regret; "then I have lost my best friend." "Harrison was a clever, gentlemanly young man," said Mr.Moncton, coldly; "but, to tell you the plain truth, Geoffrey, I did not like the close intimacy which existed between you." "Why, it is to him that I am indebted for all the knowledge I have acquired.

His society was the only pleasure I had, and it seems hard to be deprived of it, without any fault on his side." "Geoffrey, it is of no consequence to me what your opinion may be on the subject; I am master of my own actions, and please myself as to whom I retain or employ.