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Marsom, glancing through his morning papers in his cheerful and sunny breakfast room, gripped the _Financial Times_ in his left hand, his cup of coffee in the right and remained for a brief space of time transfixed. Then he read out to himself the headline which had attracted his notice. It was the most prominent feature of the Stock Exchange news.
"SHARP FALL IN WOOLITOS!