Thesaleofthelinen，C？M，isatthesametimeitspurchase，M？C。Butthesaleisthefirstactofaprocessthatendswithatransactionofanoppositenature，namely，thepurchaseofaBible;thepurchaseofthelinen，ontheotherhand，endsamovementthatbeganwithatransactionofanoppositenature，namely，withthesaleofthewheat。C？M（linen？money），whichisthefirstphaseofC？M’？C（linen？money？Bible），isalsoM？C
（money？linen），thelastphaseofanothermovementC？M？C（wheat？money？linen）。
Thefirstmetamorphosisofonecommodity，itstransformationfromacommodityintomoney，isthereforealsoinvariablythesecondmetamorphosisofsomeothercommodity，theretransformationofthelatterfrommoneyintmmodity。 [21]
M？C，orpurchase。
ThesecondandconcludingmetamorphosisofacommodityBecausemoneyisthemetamorphosedshapeofallothercommodities，theresultoftheirgeneralalienation，forthisreasonitisalienableitselfwithoutrestrictionorcondition。Itreadsallpricesbackwards，andthus，sotosay，depictsitselfinthebodiesofallothercommodities，whichoffertoitthematerialfortherealisationofitsownuse—value。Atthesametimetheprices，wooingglancescastatmoneybycommodities，definethelimitsofitsconvertibility，bypointingtoitsquantity。Sinceeverycommodity，onbecomingmoney，disappearsasacommodity，itisimpossibletotellfromthemoneyitself，howitgotintothehandsofitspossessor，orwhatarticlehasbeenchangedintoit。Nonolet，fromwhateversourceitmaycome。Representingontheonehandasoldcommodity，itrepresentsontheotheracommoditytobebought。[22]