Финансист

Chapter XXIII

           

           TheoldcontractorlistenedsolemnlytoallCowperwoodhadtosayonthisscore,thinkingoftheeffectontheRepublicanpartyandhisowncontractinginterests.HelikedCowperwood,butthiswasaroughthingthelatterwastellinghimrough,andagreatdealtoask.Hewasaslow-thinkingandaslow-movingman,buthedidwellenoughwhenhedidthink.HehadconsiderablemoneyinvestedinPhiladelphiastreet-railwaystocksperhapsasmuchaseighthundredthousanddollars.Mollenhauerhadperhapsasmuchmore.WhetherSenatorSimpsonhadmuchorlittlehecouldnottell.CowperwoodhadtoldhiminthepastthathethoughttheSenatorhadagooddeal.Mostoftheirholdings,asinthecaseofCowperwood’s,werehypothecatedatthevariousbanksforloansandtheseloansinvestedinotherways.Itwasnotadvisableorcomfortabletohavetheseloanscalled,thoughtheconditionofnooneofthetriumviratewasanythinglikeasbadasthatofCowperwood.Theycouldseethemselvesthroughwithoutmuchtrouble,thoughnotwithoutprobablelossunlesstheytookhurriedactiontoprotectthemselves.

           HewouldnothavethoughtsomuchofitifCowperwoodhadtoldhimthatStenerwasinvolved,say,totheextentofseventy-fiveorahundredthousanddollars.Thatmightbeadjusted.Butfivehundredthousanddollars!

           "That’salotofmoney,"saidButler,thinkingoftheamazingaudacityofStener,butfailingatthemomenttoidentifyitwiththeastutemachinationsofCowperwood.

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