"Where is this thing going to end?" exclaimed Bigot, sweeping from
him the pile of bills of exchange that lay upon the table. "That
Philibert is gaining ground upon us every day! He is now buying up
army bills, and even the King's officers are flocking to him with
their certificates of pay and drafts on France, which he cashes at
half the discount charged by the Company!"
"Give the cursed papers to the clerk and send him off, De Pean!"
said Bigot.
De Pean obeyed with a grimace, and returned.
"This thing must be stopped, and shall!" continued the Intendant,
savagely.
"That is true, your Excellency," said De Pean. "And we have tried
vigorously to stop the evil, but so far in vain. The Governor and
the Honnetes Gens, and too many of the officers themselves,
countenance his opposition to the Company. The Bourgeois draws a
good bill upon Paris and Bordeaux, and they are fast finding it
out."
"The Golden Dog is drawing half the money of the Colony into his
coffers, and he will blow up the credit of the Friponne some fine
day when we least expect it, unless he be chained up," replied
Bigot.
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