" Mr. Silver’s letter was rather curt. He merely said that the one pound shares were standing at two and sixpence. The fact was, Mr. Silver was annoyed with Miss Harburn and extremely worried about his own five hundred pounds which, in a moment of madness, he had invested in Coribundas and which he could ill-afford to lose. Julia was not in the least worried, she was excited. It was thrilling, a sort of gamble—like putting money on a horse, but much safer, of course. "

― D.E. Stevenson , The Blue Sapphire