He was a handsome man, and little by
little gained the confidence of the Bourse "by scrupulous correctness
of behaviour and an unremitting graciousness even towards the most
disreputable." He began doing business with Mazard by depositing a small
sum as "cover" in the belief that the insignificance of the amount would
in time be forgotten; and "he evinced great prudence, increasing the
orders in a stealthy gradual fashion, pending the day when, with a heavy
settlement to meet, it would be necessary for him to disappear." When
Saccard founded the Universal Bank, he selected Sabatani as the "man of
straw" in whose name the shares held by the Bank itself were to be taken
up. Sabatani soon increased his speculations to an enormous extent,
gaining large sums, but after the collapse of the Universal Bank he
disappeared without paying his "differences," thereby contributing
largely to the ruin of Mazard. L'Argent.
SABOT, a vine-grower of Brinqueville. He was a renowned joker, who
entered into a competition with Hyacinthe Fouan, but was beaten by him.
La Terre.
SACCARD, the name assumed by Aristide Rougon, on the suggestion of his
brother Eugene.
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