Финансист

Chapter XXI

           Ashesawitnow,thereforeifhetookonehundredandfiftythousanddollarsofthiscitymoneyandwentafterthisSeventeenthandNineteenthStreetmatteritwouldnotmeanthathewasspreadinghimselfouttoothin,forbecauseofthisnewpropositioncouldhenotcallonStenerformoreasaloaninconnectionwiththeseotherventures?Butifanythingshouldhappen—well—

           "Frank,"saidStener,strollingintohisofficeoneafternoonafterfouro’clockwhenthemainrushoftheday’sworkwasover—therelationshipbetweenCowperwoodandStenerhadlongsincereachedthe"Frank"and"George"period—"StrobikthinkshehasthatNorthPennsylvaniadealarrangedsothatwecantakeitupifwewantto.Theprincipalstockholder,wefind,isamanbythenameofColtan—notIkeColton,butFerdinand.How’sthatforaname?"Stenerbeamedfatlyandgenially.

           Thingshadchangedconsiderablyforhimsincethedayswhenhehadbeenfortuitouslyandalmostindifferentlymadecitytreasurer.Hismethodofdressinghadsomuchimprovedsincehehadbeeninductedintooffice,andhismannerexpressedsomuchmoregoodfeeling,confidence,aplomb,thathewouldnothaverecognizedhimselfifhehadbeenpermittedtoseehimselfashadthosewhohadknownhimbefore.Anold,nervousshiftingoftheeyeshadalmostceased,andafeelingofrestfulness,whichhadpreviouslybeenrestlessness,andhadsprungfromasenseofnecessity,hadtakenitsplace.

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