A Man of Mark by Anthony Hope, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, Literary

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As a quid pro quo, the bank was to lend to the Republic the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, at six percent. The President was at the time floating a loan of one million dollars for the purpose of works at the harbor of Whittingham. . . .Or so we thought."That old scamp's villainy, " said the colonel, jerking his thumb toward the Piazza and the statue of the Liberator. "He's very 'cute, but he's made a mistake at last."Do come to the point, colonel. What's it all about?"Would you be surprised to hear, " he said, adopting a famous mode of speech, "that the interest on the debt would not be paid on the 31st?"No, I shouldn't, " said I resignedly."Would you be surprised to hear that no more interest would ever be paid?"The devil!" I cried, leaping up. "What do you mean, man?"The President, " said he calmly, "will, on the 31st instant, repudiate the national debt!