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Nature might stand up and say to all the world: 'This was a man.' --Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
The Stock Exchange clock struck midnight, under a starry sky. At that time the citizens were still subject to military law, and, in accordance with the curfew regulations, the waiters of those establishments which were still lit up were hurriedly closing their doors.