A Masquerade in the Moonlight
“— Terence It never ceases to amaze me, the lengths to which a man who publicly purports his intelligence might travel to establish his inborn stupidity. I agreed to the scheme, for the money it would bring my dearest Victoria and Marguerite. No—strike that. At least let this pitiful fool be honest one last time, if only with himself.
I did it for the solace it would bring my accursed vanity to be able, at last, to care for my wife and child as I would like rather than be the indigent husband living on his wife’s father. W.R. swore the investment was sound, and I needed only to find five more, each to match the funds I had borrowed from W.R. And I listened! Fool that I am, I fought down my intuitions—and believed!
It was good, so very good, in the beginning. But the bubble burst yesterday, before time, before I could warn my friends to sell out. Before I could reap the fortune I was so sure to have won.
Now we are all under the hatches, and it is entirely upon my shoulders ...that the blame must rest.MoreLess
I did it for the solace it would bring my accursed vanity to be able, at last, to care for my wife and child as I would like rather than be the indigent husband living on his wife’s father. W.R. swore the investment was sound, and I needed only to find five more, each to match the funds I had borrowed from W.R. And I listened! Fool that I am, I fought down my intuitions—and believed!
It was good, so very good, in the beginning. But the bubble burst yesterday, before time, before I could warn my friends to sell out. Before I could reap the fortune I was so sure to have won.
Now we are all under the hatches, and it is entirely upon my shoulders ...that the blame must rest.MoreLess
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