Mercadet We are now alone. There is no time to lose. The stock of Basse-Indre went down yesterday. Go to the Exchange, buy up two hundred, three hundred, four hundred—Goulard will deliver them to you—
Pierquin
And for what date, and on what collateral?
Mercadet Collateral? Nonsense! This is a cash deal; bring them to me to-day, and I will pay to-morrow.
Pierquin
To-morrow?
Mercadet
To-morrow the stock will have risen.
Pierquin
I suppose, considering your situation, that you are buying for Godeau.
Mercadet
Do you think so?
Pierquin
I presume he gave his orders in the letter which announced his return.
Mercadet Possibly so. Ah! Master Pierquin, we are going to take a hand in business again, and I guess that you will gain from this to the end of the year something like a hundred thousand francs in brokerage from us.
Pierquin
A hundred thousand francs!