Финансист

Chapter XXV

           Hislargechestandwideshoulderssupportedaheadofdistinguishedproportions,bothroundandlongwhenseenfromdifferentangles.Thefrontalbonedescendedinaprotrudingcurveoverthenose,andprojectedsolemnlyovertheeyes,whichburnedwithashrewd,inquiringgaze.Andthenoseandmouthandchinbelow,aswellashissmooth,hardcheeks,confirmedtheimpressionthatheknewverywellwhathewishedinthisworld,andwasveryablewithoutregardtoletorhindrancetogetit.Itwasabigface,impressive,wellmodeled.HewasanexcellentfriendofEdwardMaliaButler’s,assuchfriendshipsgo,andhisregardforMarkSimpsonwasassincereasthatofonetigerforanother.Herespectedability;hewaswillingtoplayfairwhenfairwasthegame.Whenitwasnot,thereachofhiscunningwasnoteasilymeasured.

           WhenEdwardButlerandhissonarrivedonthisSundayevening,thisdistinguishedrepresentativeofone-thirdofthecity’sinterestswasnotexpectingthem.Hewasinhislibraryreadingandlisteningtooneofhisdaughtersplayingthepiano.Hiswifeandhisothertwodaughtershadgonetochurch.Hewasofadomesticturnofmind.Still,Sundayeveningbeinganexcellentoneforconferencepurposesgenerallyintheworldofpolitics,hewasnotwithoutthethoughtthatsomeoneorotherofhisdistinguishedconfreresmightcall,andwhenthecombinationfootmanandbutlerannouncedthepresenceofButlerandhisson,hewaswellpleased.

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