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Chapter VI

           Theywerelikehawkswatchingforanopportunitytosnatchtheirpreyfromundertheveryclawsoftheiropponents.

           Four,five,ten,fifteen,twenty,thirty,forty,fifty,andsometimesthewholecompanywouldattempttotakeadvantageofthegivenriseofagivenstockbyeithersellingorofferingtobuy,inwhichcasetheactivityandthenoisewouldbecomedeafening.Givengroupsmightbetradingindifferentthings;butthelargemajorityofthemwouldabandonwhattheyweredoinginordertotakeadvantageofaspeciality.Theeagernessofcertainyoungbrokersorclerkstodiscoverallthatwasgoingon,andtotakeadvantageofanygivenriseorfall,madeforquickphysicalaction,dartingtoandfro,theexcitedelevationofexplanatoryfingers.Distortedfaceswereshovedovershouldersorunderarms.Themostridiculousgrimaceswerepurposelyorunconsciouslyindulgedin.Attimesthereweresituationsinwhichsomeindividualwasfairlysmotheredwitharms,faces,shoulders,crowdedtowardhimwhenhemanifestedanyintentionofeitherbuyingorsellingataprofitablerate.AtfirstitseemedquiteawonderfulthingtoyoungCowperwoodtheveryphysicalfaceofitforhelikedhumanpresenceandactivity;butalittlelaterthesenseofthethingasapictureoradramaticsituation,ofwhichhewasapartfaded,andhecamedowntoaclearersenseoftheintricaciesoftheproblembeforehim.Buyingandsellingstocks,ashesoonlearned,wasanart,asubtlety,almostapsychicemotion.

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