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1、MoneychangersPartI1Longafterward,manywouldrememberthosetwodaysinthefirstweekofOctoberwithvividnes色彩生动andanguish痛苦.ItwasonTuesdayofthatweekthatoldBenRosselli,presidentofFirstMercantileAmericanBankandgrandsonofthebank'sfounder,madeanannouncementstartling震惊andsomber昏暗严峻whichreverberated反射througheveryse
2、gment部分ofthebankandfarbeyond.Andthenextday,Wednesday,thebank's"flagship"downtownbranchdiscoveredthepresenceofathiefbeginningaseriesofeventswhichfewcouldhaveforeseen,andendinginfinancialwreckage失事,humantragedy,anddeath.Thebankpresident'sannouncementoccurredwithoutwarning;remarkably,therewerenoadvance
3、leaks.BenRossellihadtelephonedafewofhisseniorexecutives总经理earlyinthemorning,catchingsomeathomeatbreakfast,otherssoonaftertheirarrivalatwork.Therewereafew,too,whowerenotexecutives,simplylongtimeemployeeswhomoldBenthoughtofashisfriends.Toeach,themessagewasthesame:PleasebeintheHeadquartersTowerboardroo
4、mat11A.M.NowallexceptBenwereassembled集合intheboardroom,twentyorso,talkingquietlyingroups,waiting.Allwerestanding;noonechosetobefirsttopullachairbackfromthegleamingdirectors'table,longerthanasquash压碎court,whichseatedforty.Avoicecutsharplyacrossthetalk."Whoauthorizedthat?"Headsturned.RoscoeHeyward,exec
5、utivevice-presidentandcomptroller,hadaddressedawhite-coatedwaiterfromtheseniorofficers'diningroom.Themanhadcomeinwithdecanters玻璃水瓶ofsherrywhichhewaspouringintoglasses.Heyward,austere,OlympianinFMABank,wasazealous热心的teetotaler滴酒不沾的人.Heglancedpointedlyathiswatchinagesturewhichsaidclearly:Notonlydrinki
6、ng,butthisearly.Severalwhohadbeenreachingoutforthesherrywithdrewtheirhands."Mr.Rosselli'sinstructions,sir,"thewaiterstated."Andheespeciallyorderedthebestsherry."Astockyfigure,fashionablydressedinlightgray,turnedandsaideasily,"Whatevertimeitis,nosensepassingupthebest."AlexVandervoort,blue-eyedandfair
7、-hairedwithatouchofgrayatthetemples,wasalsoanexecutivevicepresident.Genialandinformal,hiseasygoing,"with-it"waysbeliedthetoughdecisiveness果断beneath.ThetwomenHeywardandVandervoortrepresentedthesecondma
