There could be no possible chance of loss from a financial point of
view. Their bonds were safe, for the loan itself was a perfectly
legitimate transaction, a conclusion which could not be gainsaid by
the most pessimistic of the objectors. Mr. Blithers would be paid in
full when the time came for settlement, the bonds would be restored
to their owners, and all would be well with Graustark.
As for the huge transactions Mr. Blithers had made in London, Paris
and Berlin, there could be but one conclusion: he had the right to
invest his money as he pleased. That was his look-out. The bonds of
Graustark were open to purchase in any market. Any investor in the
world was entitled to buy all that he could obtain if he felt
inclined to put his money to that use. The earnest agents of the
government succeeded in convincing the people that Mr. Blithers had
made a good investment because he was a good business man. What did
it matter to Graustark who owned the outstanding bonds? It might as
well be Blithers as Bernstein or any one else.
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