M. Lefurteux—President of the company.
Question—Before that what were you doing?
Answer—I speculated at the bourse.
Q—You had no means?
A—I beg your pardon: I was making money.
Q—And it was under such circumstances that you had the audacity to organize a company with a capital stock of three million of francs, divided in shares of five hundred francs?
A—Having discovered an idea, I did not suppose that I was forbidden to work it up.
Q—What do you call an idea?
A—The idea of draining swamps, and making them productive.
Q—What swamps? Yours never had any existence, except in your prospectus.