Names

Chapter IV
“The tradesmen had learned enough to be quite free of doubt, and in the City Mr. Melmotte ’s name was worth any money, -- though his character was perhaps worth but little” (35). #Names #VerbalCurrency

Melmotte calls Lord Alfred just “Alfred.” After the ball and a few drinks, Lord Alfred snaps at Melmotte: “‘Damn that kind of nonsense,’ he said. ‘Call people by their proper names’” (42). #Names

“Though his [ Melmotte's ] eyes and ears were always open, though he attended to everything, and was a man of sharp intelligence, he did not yet quite understand the bearing and sequence of English titles” (43). #Names

Chapter X
“Lord Alfred had reconciled himself to be called by his Christian name, since he had been put in the way of raising two or three hundred pounds on the security of shares which were to be allotted to him, but of which in the flesh he had as yet seen nothing” (81). #Names #Empty Words/Papers