Chapter

1 I  |     Couture by name, lived by speculation,~grafting one affair upon
2 V  |       les carottes" (gambling speculation).~ ~"Look here!" cried Couture,
3 V  |       public men descend into speculation in serried columns; you
4 VI |     joint-stock companies and speculation take the~place of the lottery;
5 VI |       into the details of the speculation which we owe to~Nucingen'
6 VI | simply could not invent a bad speculation. In short, as~several banks
7 VII| Sciences~Palma says, "let the speculation be made!" and the speculation
8 VII| speculation be made!" and the speculation is~made.' "~ ~"What a man