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I 'm going to be too busy to bother with them , and I foolishly promised to take them to the gallery of the Stock Exchange . You 'll be worth more money then than you are now , '' he said with a grim smile . `` Take them over and show them how a real sheep-killing looks when the ewes are fat and the knives sharp . '' I promised to call for them at two o'clock , and then went to the office of my brokers . Carelessly glancing at the quotation opposite the letters N.O. & G. , I saw that it had dropped to 56 . The head of the firm approached me and asked me to step into his private office . -LSB- Illustration : `` Business is business '' -RSB- `` The rumour is strong that the dividend will be passed , '' he said .