“Then there is no difficulty.”
“But we need a go-between. The Minister doesn’t care to turn to the first banker at hand and explain all his combinations to him.”
“That’s where I come in.”
“Good, but we must know beforehand how much you are to get. Your demands may be such that it would be better for him to stick to the Recquillarts.”
“Recquillart gets ten percent of the profits, besides a small commission as broker. I will take five.”
“It’s a good deal.”
“I will not accept less; the arrangement might cost me my career. Consult him....”
“If I could consult him! The truth is that there may not be time. We will accept five.”
“What does the Minister wish to speculate in? The same things as with Recquillart? Foreign Loans and Northerns?”
“Exactly. Just as before.”