Финансист

Chapter I

           

           HenryWorthingtonCowperwoodwasamanwhobelievedonlywhathesawandwascontenttobewhathewas—abanker,oraprospectiveone.Hewasatthistimeasignificantfigure—tall,lean,inquisitorial,clerkly—withnice,smooth,closely-croppedsidewhiskerscomingtoalmostthelowerlobesofhisears.Hisupperlipwassmoothandcuriouslylong,andhehadalong,straightnoseandachinthattendedtobepointed.Hiseyebrowswerebushy,emphasizingvague,grayish-greeneyes,andhishairwasshortandsmoothandnicelyparted.Heworeafrock-coatalways—itwasquitethethinginfinancialcirclesinthosedays—andahighhat.Andhekepthishandsandnailsimmaculatelyclean.Hismannermighthavebeencalledsevere,thoughreallyitwasmorecultivatedthanaustere.

           Beingambitioustogetaheadsociallyandfinancially,hewasverycarefulofwhomorwithwhomhetalked.Hewasasmuchafraidofexpressingarabidorunpopularpoliticalorsocialopinionashewasofbeingseenwithanevilcharacter,thoughhehadreallynoopinionofgreatpoliticalsignificancetoexpress.Hewasneitheranti—norpro-slavery,thoughtheairwasstormywithabolitionsentimentanditsopposition.Hebelievedsincerelythatvastfortunesweretobemadeoutofrailroadsifoneonlyhadthecapitalandthatcuriousthing,amagneticpersonality—theabilitytowintheconfidenceofothers.

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