Publisher's Synopsis
In consequence of what he had heard from Fred, Mr. Vincy determined to speak with Mr. Bulstrode in his pri-vate room at the Bank at half-past one, when he was usu-ally free from other callers. But a visitor had come in at one o‟clock, and Mr. Bulstrode had so much to say to him, that there was little chance of the interview being over in half an hour. The banker‟s speech was fluent, but it was also copious, and he used up an appreciable amount of time in brief meditative pauses. Do not imag-ine his sickly aspect to have been of the yellow, black-haired sort: he had a pale blond skin, thin gray-besprinkled brown hair, light-gray eyes, and a large fore-head. Loud men called his subdued tone an undertone, and sometimes implied that it was inconsistent with openness; though there seems to be no reason why a loud man should not be given to concealment of anything ex-cept his own voice, unless it can be shown that Holy Writ has placed the seat of candor in the lungs.
