The Profiteers

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Profiteers , by E. Phillips OppenheimThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The ProfiteersAuthor: E. Phillips OppenheimRelease Date: January 2, 2004 [eBook #10575]Language: English***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PROFITEERS ***E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamTHE PROFITEERSBY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM1921CHAPTER IThe Marchioness of Amesbury was giving a garden party in the spacious but somewhat urban grounds of her mansion inKensington. Perhaps because it was the first affair of its sort of the season, and perhaps, also, because CeciliaAmesbury had the knack of making friends in every walk of life, it was remarkably well attended. Two stockbrokers,Roger Kendrick and his friend Maurice White, who had escaped from the City a little earlier than usual, and had shared ataxicab up west, congratulated themselves upon having found a quiet and shady seat where iced drinks were procurableand the crush was not so great."Anything doing in your market to-day?" Kendrick asked his younger associate.White made a little grimace."B. & I., B. & I., all the time," he grumbled. "I'm sick of the name of the damned things. And to tell you the ...