Plate 27: Robert Macaire, merchant, from 'Caricaturana,' published in Les Robert Macaires
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- Well, Mr. Macaire, you're starting up business again?
- Yes, I have my bankruptcy certificate. By heavens, my creditors won't complain, I'm giving up to them: drafts drawn upon the firm Bertrand, Wormspire and Co.... A million; letter of credit drawn on the government of the Sandwich Islands... A million; Spanish bonds... A million; my wife's dowry, in shares in bootlaces, umbrellas, ambulant kitchens and other commercial banks... a million. Total, four million and I only owe three. Nobody can accuse me of losing a sou!...
- But it seems very difficult to recover your shares. Do you believe that they'll be able to cash them in?
- Ah! That's absolutely nothing to do with me, I assure you. It's my creditors' affair and I don't interfere in other people's affairs.
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