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Chapter XII

           

           AndCowperwoodfeltconfidentwhenheleftthehousethateveningthatButlerwouldnotfailhimbutwouldsetthewheelsworking.Therefore,hewasnotsurprised,andknewexactlywhatitmeant,whenafewdayslaterhewasintroducedtoCityTreasurerJulianBode,whopromisedtointroducehimtoStateTreasurerVanNostrandandtoseethathisclaimstoconsiderationwereputbeforethepeople."Ofcourse,youknow,"hesaidtoCowperwood,inthepresenceofButler,foritwasatthelatter’shomethattheconferencetookplace,"thisbankingcrowdisverypowerful.Youknowwhotheyare.Theydon’twantanyinterferenceinthisbondissuebusiness.IwastalkingtoTerrenceRelihan,whorepresentsthemupthere"—meaningHarrisburg,theStatecapital—"andhesaystheywon’tstandforitatall.YoumayhavetroublerighthereinPhiladelphiaafteryougetitthey’reprettypowerful,youknow.Areyousurejustwhereyoucanplaceit?"

           "Yes,I’msure,"repliedCowperwood.

           "Well,thebestthinginmyjudgmentisnottosayanythingatall.Justputinyourbid.VanNostrand,withthegovernor’sapproval,willmaketheaward.Wecanfixthegovernor,Ithink.Afteryougetittheymaytalktoyoupersonally,butthat’syourbusiness."

           Cowperwoodsmiledhisinscrutablesmile.Thereweresomanyinsandoutstothisfinanciallife.Itwasanendlessnetworkofundergroundholes,alongwhichallsortsofinfluencesweremoving.

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