Harold Edward Bindloss

“ He stood silent for several moments, with trouble in his face, apparently struggling with himself.
"What are you thinking of?" she asked,
Weston raised his head.
"I dare not think," he said. "I've won you by unfair means—and yet, knowing that, I'm only filled with the exultation of it. Still, this thing has to be faced and decided now. You know I love you—but is it right that you should be bound to a man who may never be able to marry you?"
"Is that any great obstacle," asked Ida, "if I don't object?"
"It is," said Weston, hoarsely. "I want you now." ”

“ You will take up some of that stock for me; and, as the Hogarth men will offer more freely as soon as they strike an actual buyer, in case prices stiffen you'll follow their lead and pitch the stock you bought on to the market."
"Some men would consider that was playing the other people's game," commented Wannop, with a chuckle.
"It would be, in the meanwhile," said Stirling. "Well, you won't let your sales—if you make any—get out of hand. You'll have to put on one or two smart men, and cover or sell at a lower price through different ones when it appears advisable. ”

“ I shall naturally lose a little on every deal of that kind, but the only real trouble will be when you quietly gather in as much as possible of the stock the other people are offering. It will have to be done without raising suspicions, and before their broker can report and ask for instructions."
Wannop struck the table. "There's some hazard in it—but it's a great idea," he said. "They'll club the Grenfell Consols down quite flat."
"Until settling day. Then, when the other people have to deliver, they can't get the stock. We'll shove the prices up on them to anything we like." ”