“I can’t tell you any more now. If you have bought anything, sell it.”
“But why?”
“I can’t tell you.”
“All right, when you get on these sibylline airs, I say no more. Another thing. Various gentlemen have come to tell me that they wanted to play the market; they have heard that it is about to go up....”
“Who were they?”
“Among others, Amparito’s father and Don Calixto García Guerrero.”
“If they wish to give security, tell our broker, and I will sell them anything they want to buy.”
“Really?”
“Really. I have my reasons for doing it.”
“This time we are all going to make, except you.”