I was just about to make my little bow of assent, when the meaning of these last words sank in, jolting me out of my sad reverie.

我差一点就鞠躬表示同意，但当最后一个词映入我的脑海，让我一下从自己悲惨的幻想中惊醒。

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David Glass ran a day-trading operation called Jasper Capital out of Assent's New York office, and at some point paid an Assent employee to give him access to Tavdy's computer so he could monitor his trading.

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