[Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days by Arnold Bennett]@TWC D-Link bookBuried Alive: A Tale of These Days CHAPTER VI 21/45
The directors had possibly been expecting the baser passions, for a posse of policemen was handy at the door, and one shareholder, to save him from having the blood of Marquises on his soul, was ejected. Ultimately, according to the picturesque phrases of the _Financial Times_ report, the meeting broke up in confusion. "How much have you got in Cohoon's ?" Priam asked Alice, after they had looked through the report together. "All I have is in Cohoon's," said she, "except this house.
Father left it like that.
He always said there was nothing like a brewery.
I've heard him say many and many a time a brewery was better than consols.
I think there's 200 L5 shares.
<<Back Index Next>> D-Link book Top TWC mobile books
|