Финансист

Chapter XI

           

           Butlerfelttheforceofthetemperamentandtheargument.Helikedtheyoungman’spoiseandbalance.AnumberofpeoplehadspokenofCowperwoodtohim.(ItwasnowCowperwood&Co.Thecompanywasfictionpurely.)Heaskedhimsomethingaboutthestreet;howthemarketwasrunning;whatheknewaboutstreet-railways.FinallyheoutlinedhisplanofbuyingallhecouldofthestockoftwogivenlinestheNinthandTenthandtheFifteenthandSixteenthwithoutattractinganyattention,ifpossible.Itwastobedoneslowly,parton‘change,partfromindividualholders.Hedidnottellhimthattherewasacertainamountoflegislativepressurehehopedtobringtobeartogethimfranchisesforextensionsintheregionsbeyondwherethelinesnowended,inorderthatwhenthetimecameforthemtoextendtheirfacilitiestheywouldhavetoseehimorhissons,whomightbelargeminoritystockholdersintheseveryconcerns.Itwasafar-sightedplan,andmeantthatthelineswouldeventuallydropintohisorhissons’basket.

           "I’llbedelightedtoworkwithyou,Mr.Butler,inanywaythatyoumaysuggest,"observedCowperwood."Ican’tsaythatIhavesomuchofabusinessasyetmerelyprospects.Butmyconnectionsaregood.IamnowamemberoftheNewYorkandPhiladelphiaexchanges.ThosewhohavedealtwithmeseemtoliketheresultsIget."

           "Iknowalittlesomethingaboutyourworkalready,"reiteratedButler,wisely.

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