Beispielsweise wären die Torfgruben von Grümesnil oder Bauland in Havre bombensichere Spekulationen. Er machte Emma rasend vor Wut, angesichts der enormen Summen, die sie zweifellos dabei gewonnen hätte.
They might, either in the turf-peats of Grumesnil or building-ground at Havre, almost without risk, have ventured on some excellent speculations; and he let her consume herself with rage at the thought of the fabulous sums that she would certainly have made.