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LICHTENBACH was sitting in his study, listening to young Vernot, his broker, who was speaking with the utmost volubility.
"Baradier and Graff will not long be able to maintain their position on the Explosives now. It has already been remarked at the Bourse that they have not reduced their stock. The coming liquidation will be a decisive one; or else they will remain firm; then what a bankruptcy it will be! Or they may sell everything. What a fall that will mean!"