Vimpany expressed in these terms:
"My last letter from Iris is really no letter at all. It simply
encloses a circular, with her love, and asks me to send it on to you.
If it is in your power to make inquiries in the right quarter, I am
sure you will not hesitate to take the trouble. There can be little
doubt, as I think, that Lord Harry is engaged in a hazardous
speculation, more deeply than his wife is willing to acknowledge."
The circular announced the contemplated publication of a weekly
newspaper, printed partly in English, and partly in French, having its
chief office in Paris, and being intended to dispute the advantages of
a European circulation with the well-known Continental journal called
"Galignani's Messenger." A first list of contributors included names of
some notoriety in the literature of England and the literature of
France. Speculators who wished to know, in the first place, on what
security they might reckon, were referred to the managing committee,
represented by persons of importance in the financial worlds of London
and Paris.
Being in a position to make the inquiries which Mrs. Vimpany had
suggested, Hugh received information which verified the statements
contained in the circular, and vouched for the good faith of those
persons who were concerned in directing the speculation.
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