Chapter

1     I|    mouldy four hundred thousand francs. Now, I ask you, how can
2     I|        have lost half a million francs at a sitting without moving
3     I|    mouldy four hundred thousand francs have all gone, interest
4    II|     some three hundred thousand francs or so?"~ ~"You know I do.
5    II|         paltry hundred thousand francs or two?"~ ~"And what would
6    II|      gaol for these same paltry francs?"~ ~The banker smiled, and
7    II|  require three hundred thousand francs," continued Monsieur Griffard,
8    II| departed three hundred thousand francs. But let us go further.