"Quicker!—" he said. "Just run your eye down it. That ought to tell you."
She did so, and a few capitals caught her eye.
"Do you mean this about the North-West Banks?" she asked diffidently.
"Do I mean——! Well, yes. Rather."
"I do wish you'd explain it to me. It seems rather hard."
But he did not approach and point out particular passages. Instead he seemed to know that leaden oblong by heart. He gave a short laugh.
"Hard? It's hard enough on the depositors out there!... They've been withdrawing again, and of course the Banks have had to realize."
"Yes, I saw that bit," said Amory.
"A forced realization," Mr. Strong continued. "Depreciation in values, of course. And it's spreading."
It sounded to Amory rather like smallpox, but, "I suppose that's the Monsoon?" she hazarded.