Cartwright came into Channing's living room with a long face. "It's bad," he said. "Bad."
"What's bad?"
"Oh, I, like the rest of the fools, got caught in his trap."
"Whose trap?"
"The wild man who is trying to rock Venus Equilateral on its axis."
"Well, how?"
"They started to buy like mad, and I held out. Then the thing dropped a few points, and I tried to make a bit of profit, so that we could go on bolstering the market. They grabbed off my stock, and then, just like that! the market was on the way up again and I couldn't find more than a few odd shares to buy back."
"Don't worry," said Channing, "I don't think anyone is big enough to really damage us. Someone is playing fast and loose, making a killing. When this is over, we'll still be in business."
"I know, Don, but whose business will it be? Ours, or theirs?"