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  The House of Heine Brothers  
    
  
  
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  # The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich
  
  
  ### Anthony Trollope
  
  
  
  
  
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  The house of Heine Brothers, in Munich, was of good repute at the
  
  
  time of which I am about to tell,—a time not long ago; and is so
  
  
  still, I trust. It was of good repute in its own way, seeing that
  
  
  no man doubted the word or solvency of Heine Brothers; but they did
  
  
  not possess, as bankers, what would in England be considered a large
  
  
  or profitable business. The operations of English bankers are
  
  
  bewildering in their magnitude. Legions of clerks are employed.
  
  
  The senior book-keepers, though only salaried servants, are
  
  
  themselves great men; while the real partners are inscrutable,
  
  