even Still fewer, had all been killed or captured, or that they were in
hiding, or had taken flight. Confidence returned; it returned at first
among the poorer classes. Two or three hundred thousand soldiers, who
bad been lodged in the most closely populated districts, stimulated
trade, and people began to cry out: "Hurrah for the army!"

The rich, who had not been so quick to take alarm, were reassured more
slowly. But at the Stock Exchange a group of "bulls" spread optimistic
rumours and by a powerful effort put a brake upon the fall in prices.
Business improved. Newspapers with big circulations supported the
movement. With patriotic eloquence they depicted capital as laughing in
its impregnable position at the assaults of a few dastardly criminals,
and public wealth maintaining its serene ascendency in spite of the vain
threats made against it. They were sincere in their attitude, though at
the same time they found it benefited them. Outrages were forgotten or
their occurrence denied. On Sundays, at the race-meetings, the stands
were adorned by women covered with pearls and diamonds. It was observed
with joy that the capitalists had not suffered. Cheers were given for
the multi-millionaires in the saddling rooms.

On the following day the Southern Railway Station, the Petroleum Trust,
and the huge church built at the expense of Thomas Morcellet were all
blown up. Thirty houses were in flames, and the beginning of a fire
was discovered at the docks. The firemen showed amazing intrepidity and
zeal. They managed their tall fire-escapes with automatic precision,
and climbed as high as thirty storeys to rescue the luckless inhabitants
from the flames. The soldiers performed their duties with spirit, and
were given a double ration of coffee. But these fresh casualties started
a panic. Millions of people, who wanted to take their money with them
and leave the town at once, crowded the great banking houses. These