Jules Verne

Name: Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV
Author: Jules Verne

Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

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“Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV”, published in 1885, is a work by Jules Verne. It explores elements such as Sarcany, Toronthal and banker.

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ And who knows even if it may not be better to join the conspirators instead of taking part against them?”
Such language did not astonish Toronthal. He well knew of what Sarcany was capable. But if Sarcany did not hesitate to speak in this way, it was because he, too, knew of what Toronthal was capable. His conscience was elastic enough for anything. Sarcany knew him of old, and suspected that the bank had been in difficulties for some time, so that this conspiracy, surprised, betrayed and made use of, might come to its aid. Such was Sarcany's idea. ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ Business is paralyzed. Many important failures have shaken public credit, and I am afraid others are coming—”
“But your house, sir, is safe enough,” said Sandorf, “and on very good authority I know that it has been but little affected by these failures.”
“Oh, very little,” answered Toronthal, with the greatest calmness. “The Adriatic trade keeps us going with a constant flood of maritime business that is wanting to the Pesth and Vienna houses, and we have only been very slightly touched by the crisis. We have nothing to complain of, count, and we do not complain.” ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ You know that if he is arrested as a conspirator and found guilty, his goods will be confiscated and the greatest part of them will go to those who discovered and denounced the conspiracy! You and I, Silas Toronthal, we go shares!”
Sarcany was silent. The banker made no answer. He was thinking if it were worth while to join in the game. He was not the man to personally compromise himself in an affair of this nature; but he felt that his agent would be man enough to act for both. ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ Although Sandorf had asked the question without appearing to attach any importance to it, Toronthal regarded it with rather more attention. It agreed so well, in fact with what he had just heard from Sarcany.
“I do not know of anything,” said the banker. “And I have not heard that the Austrian Government has any apprehension on the subject. Have you, count, any reason to suppose that something is—”
“Not at all,” replied Sandorf, “but in banking circles things are frequently known which the public does not hear of till afterward. ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ Nevertheless, as Sarcany had said to Zirone, there was a possibility that the affairs of Silas Toronthal were slightly embarrassed—at least for a time. Seven years before, when the funds were shaken by the Franco-Italian war, he had received a severe blow, and more recently the disastrous campaign which ended at Sadowa had sent down the prices on every exchange in Europe, more especially on those of Austria-Hungary, and chiefly those of Vienna, Pesth, and Trieste. ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ TORONTHAL'S BANK. At Trieste “society” is nearly non-existent. Between different races, as between different castes, it is seldom found. The Austrian officials assume the highest position and take precedence according to their respective ranks. Generally these men are distinguished, well educated, and well meaning; but their pay is so small for their position that they are unable to enter into competition with the trading and banking classes. ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ I have need of your help.”
“Explain.”
“To attain my end I want time, and while I am waiting I want money. I have none.”
“Your credit is exhausted here, you know!”
“Well, you will open another.”
“What good will that do to me?”
“This. Of the three men I have spoken to you about, two are poor—Zathmar and Professor Bathory—but the third is immensely rich. His possessions in Transylvania are considerable. ”

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Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf — Part I, Chapter IV (1885)

“ Quite so, count, but money is dear just now, and it does not seem right that yours should remain uuproductive. A financial crisis threatens to extend over the whole country. The position is not an easy one in the interior. ”

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