Honesty ruined you. Stealing made you rich. Loving your fellow-men nearly killed your boy. Hating them saved him—eh? (Shakes him)
MAGNUS (roused, speaks in shrill voice)
Went back into the old business. Did what others did. Ran the thousands into millions. Bought steel-mills with the millions. Froze the little fellows out.
THE DEVIL
Hating them!
MAGNUS
Hating everybody. Needed banks to swing deals. Gave a million to politicians. United States Treasury made my banks National Banks.
THE DEVIL
National! Ha, ha!—National!
[Magnus’s head drops on his breast.