Corría la especie de que el primero, por haber alcanzado a convertir parte de sus bienes en dinero, seguía siendo hombre acaudalado, mientras su compañero Stangerson nutría el número de los relativamente pobres.
Rumour reported that Drebber had managed to convert a large part of his property into money, and that he had departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was comparatively poor.