Opis: The Veteran of the Grand Army, Vol. 1 of 8 - Cobb Cyrus

Excerpt from The Veteran of the Grand Army, Vol. 1 of 8: A Novel

Night was settling over the city of New York. It was in the fall of 1866. Wall Street had been through one of its fiercest campaigns of that year; but now, as the darkened sky looked down on this field of many battles, it gazed upon a field of silence. The bulls had retired triumphant, the bears discomfited. In other words, one set of speculators had gone home to count up their increased fortunes; the other to contemplate their ruin.

About eight o'clock a man issued from a broker's office near the Treasury Building, and looking upwards, around, and then downwards, as if he were uncertain whether he trod on solid earth or not, he turned and wended his way with an unsteady step to his store; for this man was not a professional speculator, but a dry-goods merchant, who had caught the fever of speculation.

As he passed through the store to his counting-room, the few clerks who remained for special duty looked after him, and exchanged significant glances.

Closing the door of the counting-room, he fell into a chair and buried his face in his hands.

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Szczegóły: The Veteran of the Grand Army, Vol. 1 of 8 - Cobb Cyrus

Nazwa: The Veteran of the Grand Army, Vol. 1 of 8 A Novel (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Cobb Cyrus
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330299937
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 392
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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