"The thing has a suspicious look." "I must risk a certain amount of misconception," Herbert replied languidly.

"I may as well point out that I still hold the shares required as a director's qualification, which is all it was necessary for me to do.

Was it your intention to keep the stock you hold permanently ?" They could not answer him, and he smiled.
"As a matter of fact, we all intended to sell off a good portion as soon as the premium justified it; the only difference of opinion was about the point it must reach, and that, of course, was a matter of temperament.

Well, I was lucky enough to get rid of part of my stock at a profit; and there was nothing to prevent your doing the same.
Instead of that, you held on until the drop came; it was an imprudence for which you can't blame me." "Our complaint is that you foresaw the fall and never said a word." "Granted.

Why didn't you foresee it?
You had the right of access to all the information in my hands; you could inspect accounts in the London office; I suppose you read the financial papers.