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THE rain had cleared off, and Ursula went for a walk on the Heath. She did not see the earlier editions of the evening newspapers, knew nothing of the war that had been waged in the City, of the staggering losses and tremendous gains registered on both sides; did not even associate Tony with the battle when rumour of the fray came to her.
It was only in the nature of things that he should win, for his lucky star was in the ascendant. By nightfall he would not dare compute his gains during that day of strife, when half a dozen firms, three of them of long--standing, went smash; and when the heads of the great banks regarded the situation so seriously that they met to formulate a plan to meet further trouble on the morrow.