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How did the other traders feel about the Dukes going bankrupt?


I sometimes wonder if they suffered a financial loss due to Billy & Louis getting their revenge on the Dukes?

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That's something they didn't specifically address, but I think we know the answer. I strongly suspect they took some satisfaction in it. Watch the guy's satisfied reaction when he found out the Dukes couldn't cover the loss and ordered their seats on the exchange sold. I don't think any of them were friends - sharks all.

This is similar to the scene where Todd was a great friend to Winthorpe, up until Winthorpe was accused of stealing at the club and then arrested. Todd and the rest quickly turned on Winthorpe, and Todd moved in on Penelope. It wasn't that they just turned on him, Todd seemed quite pleased at Winthorpe's downfall. Sharks all.


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Interesting thing to see would have been if the Dukes had anything on them during the investigation.

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