Bombshell Confession for Savers | Feb 12

Former Goldman Sachs exec used to think a crash was inevitable... [header logo]( At times, our affiliate partners reach out to the Editors at Take The Trades with special opportunities for our readers. The message above is one we think you should take a close, serious look at. [Dollars]( Любив мене, мати, запорожець, Водив мене босу на морозець... " Мізкує так собі Петро, аж ось ізнов закопотіли коні. Слухає і сам собі віри не йме. "Невже таки справді сей запорожець знається з нечистою силою? — думає він,— Да постій, чи не самі вони вертаються?.. Ні, справді везуть!.. Проклятий! Мчить, як вовк овечку!" Коні над'їхали ближче. Дивиться Петро — Кирило Тур держить перед собою Лесю на сідлі, як дитину. Аж сумно йому стало. Леся була зовсім як очарована. Сидить, голубонька, схиливши голову, а рукою держиться за плече запорожцю. А той одною рукою піддержує бранку, а другою править коня. Сердешна тілько стогне, мов уві сні щось страшне бачить. Щось неначе й говорить, да за солов'ями не можна розібрати: солов'ї перед світом саме розщебетались. Жаль Петру стало Лесі; уже хотів вийти з-за куща, заступити отмичарам дорогу да й битись, не вважаючи ні на які чари; да вхопивсь, аж при йому нема шаблі. Уже вони й обминули його, а він іще стоїть, не знаючи, що чинити. Аж ось Леся зразу закричала, мов прокинувшись. По гаю пішла луна, а голос її так і пройняв мого Петра до самого серця. Бігом кинувсь він до подвір'я, ухопив шаблю, допавсь коня, скочив на його охляп. Василь Невольник, прокинувшись, думав, чи не цигане пораються коло коней, да підняв ґвалт. — Не кричи, Василю,— каже Петро,— а буди козаків: украдено Череванівну з покоїв! Василь Невольник підняв ізнов галас на весь двір; а Петро, не слухаючи його, виїхав у хвірточку, схилившись, да й помчавсь, як вихор. Тим часом отмичари держали свою дорогу, поспішаючи вибратись за ночі з київської околиці. Бідна Леся, мабуть, добре ковтнула знахорчиного зілля од переполоху: хилялась, як п'яна, і нічого не знала, що з нею діється; прокинулась тілько, як пройняв її холодний вітер з поля. Гляне, аж вона серед пущі, на руках у страшного запорожця. Спершу думала небога, що се їй сниться, далі крикнула, да задармо. Розбишаки тілько зглянулись да всміхнулись між собою. Почала була благати, щоб не погубляли її, щоб пустили; так Кирило Тур тілько реготався. — Що за дурний,— каже,— розум у сих дівчат!.. Former Goldman Sachs exec used to think a crash was inevitable. One that could wipe out the savings of investors, seniors and retirees. There is going to be an economic crisis. But not the kind of crisis most people expect. [Read the full story here.]( [logo]( You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in the Financial Education niche on one of our landing pages or sign-up forms on our website. Do not miss out on any of our emails[,]( be sure to [whitelist us.]( © 2023 TakeTheTrades. All Rights Reserved. 221 E Indianola Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012 yszbbxrvgryrxcvukkgdfdsaswyiolk,mjnhbvcxzxdcfghyjukilo;lkujyhtgrfedsaazxc vbnmjkiuytgrfedsx He passed out of the room and began the ascent, Basil Hallward following close behind. They walked softly, as men do instinctively at night. The lamp cast fantastic shadows on the wall and staircase. A rising wind made some of the windows rattle. When they reached the top landing, Dorian set the lamp down on the floor, and taking out the key, turned it in the lock. “You insist on knowing, Basil?” he asked in a low voice. “Yes.” “I am delighted,” he answered, smiling. Then he added, somewhat harshly, “You are the one man in the world who is entitled to know everything about me. You have had more to do with my life than you think”; and, taking up the lamp, he opened the door and went in. A cold current of air passed them, and the light shot up for a moment in a flame of murky orange. He shuddered. “Shut the door behind you,” he whispered, as he placed the lamp on the table. Hallward glanced round him with a puzzled expression. The room looked as if it had not been lived in for years. A faded Flemish tapestry, a curtained picture, an old Italian cassone, and an almost empty book-case—that was all that it seemed to contain, besides a chair and a table. As Dorian Gray was lighting a half-burned candle that was standing on the mantelshelf, he saw that the whole place was covered with dust and that the carpet was in holes. A mouse ran scuffling behind the wainscoting. There was a damp odour of mildew. “So you think that it is only God who sees the soul, Basil? Draw that curtain back, and you will see mine.” The voice that spoke was cold and cruel. “You are mad, Dorian, or playing a part,” muttered Hallward, frowning. “You won’t? Then I must do it myself,” said the young man, and he tore the curtain from its rod and flung it on the ground. An exclamation of horror broke from the painter’s lips as he saw in the dim light the hideous face on the canvas grinning at him. There was something in its expression that filled him with disgust and loathing. Good heavens! it was Dorian Gray’s own face that he was looking at! The horror, whatever it was, had not yet entirely spoiled that marvellous beauty. There was still some gold in the thinning hair and some scarlet on the sensual mouth. The sodden eyes had kept something of the loveliness of their blue, the noble curves had not yet completely passed away from chiselled nostrils and from plastic throat. Yes, it was Dorian himself. But who had done it? He seemed to recognize his own brushwork, and the frame was his own design. The idea was monstrous, yet he felt afraid. He seized the lighted candle, and held it to the picture. In the left-hand corner was his own name, traced in long letters of bright vermilion. It was some foul parody, some infamous ignoble satire. He had never done that. Still, it was his own picture. He knew it, and he felt as if his blood had changed in a moment from fire to sluggish ice. His own picture! What did it mean? Why had it altered? He turned and looked at Dorian Gray with the eyes of a sick man. His mouth twitched, and his parched tongue seemed unable to articulate. He passed his hand across his forehead. It was dank with clammy sweat. The young man was leaning against the mantelshelf, watching him with that strange expression that one sees on the faces of those who are absorbed in a play when some great artist is acting. There was neither real sorrow in it nor real joy. There was simply the passion of the spectator, with perhaps a flicker of triumph in his eyes. He had taken the flower out of his coat, and was smelling it, or pretending to do so. “What does this mean?” cried Hallward, at last. His own voice sounded shrill and curious in his ears. “Years ago, when I was a boy,” said Dorian Gray, crushing the flower in his hand, “you met me, flattered me, and taught me to be vain of my good looks. One day you introduced me to a friend of yours, who explained to me the wonder of youth, and you finished a portrait of me that revealed to me the wonder of beauty. In a mad moment that, even now, I don’t know whether I regret or not, I made a wish, perhaps you would call it a prayer....” “I remember it! Oh, how well I remember it! No! the thing is impossible. The room is damp. Mildew has got into the canvas. The paints I used had some wretched mineral poison in them. I tell you the thing is impossible.” “Ah, what is impossible?” murmured the young man, going over to the window and leaning his forehead against the cold, mist-stained glass. “You told me you had destroyed it.” “I was wrong. It has destroyed me.” “I don’t believe it is my picture.” “Can’t you see your ideal in it?” said Dorian bitterly. “My ideal, as you call it...” “As you called it.” [ABOUT US]( [PRIVACY POLICY]( [TERMS & CONDITIONS]( [UNSUBSCRIBE](