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Archæology was new to Hilbrough, and deductive profits so large from inductive investments so small always seemed to the financier to indicate bad security. Mrs. Hilbrough, clever woman, appeared to understand it all.
But the fighting blood of Roderick Duncan's father was surging in his son's soul, just then; and, in his day, "Old Man Duncan" had been a harder and a more relentless financier than ever his partner, Stephen Langdon, had become. "You will not insist, will you, Roderick?" the lawyer asked, as soon as they were alone. "I shall insist," replied Duncan, with decision.
And with his finger, Herzog touched the silver mounted pocketbook, the corner of which was peeping out of the Prince's pocket. Panine could not control a gesture of vexation, which made the financier smile. "Am I wrong?" asked Herzog. "Can our friend Cayrol have refused your request? By-the-bye, did you not quarrel with Madame Desvarennes yesterday? Whoever was it told me that?
You wouldn't believe there was a time when I thought he was a big man, when I was kind of proud to live in the same city with him. She'll tell you how I used to come home from the store and talk about him after supper, and hope that the kid there would grow up into a financier like Eldon Parr.
Markrute," she said. "To-morrow I will show you a number of my favorite haunts. It seems sad, does it not, as so many people assert, that the times are trending to take all these dear, old things away from us, and divide them up?" "It will be a very bad day for England when that time comes," the financier said.
"I can do it, Sire," he had cried exultantly, when his Emperor first expounded his great, new scheme to him. "I can be in Brussels in an hour, and catch the midnight packet for England at Ostend. At dawn I shall be in London, and by ten o'clock at my post. I know a financier a Jew, and a mightily clever one he will operate for me.
It was as though suddenly he had felt the thrill of danger close at hand, danger even in that scented atmosphere wherein he sat. "Alas, Madame!" he answered, "it is you, now, who are pleased to jest. Your husband is a great and powerful ambassador. I, unfortunately, have no career, no place in life save the place which the possession of a few millions gives to a successful financier."
The financier was urbane and spent nearly half an hour of his valuable time with the principal. When the latter rose to go they shook hands. The two understood each other thoroughly. "You may depend upon me to do my duty, Mr. Merrill, painful though such a course may be to me." "I am very glad to have met you, Mr. Webber.
In the first place, you deceived the stockholders of these railways into believing their property was worthless, and in the second place, you intend to sell it to the public for much more than it is worth." At first he stared at her in surprise. Then he laughed. "By George, you'd make something of a financier yourself, Honora," he exclaimed.
Cayrol has just refused you a sum of money. He's a simpleton! How much do you want? Will a hundred thousand francs do just now?" And writing a few words on a check, the financier handed it to Serge, adding: "A man of your position should not be in any difficulty for such a paltry sum!" "But, sir," said Serge, astonished, and pushing away Herzog's hand. "Accept it, and don't feel indebted to me.
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