Five minutes before three
Now is the time for him to unload . A hundred bidders are eager to buy the stock he offers . He reaps a fortune in the quarter of an hour before the ` Change closes ; the rest of the brokers heap up trouble for the morrow . Five minutes before three the news of Golding 's death is brought to the brokers . It is too late . In their frenzy the men fear either to buy or sell . The floor is a veritable bear pit .