Финансист

Chapter XXV

           Theywantitforwhatitwillbuyinthewayofsimplecomforts,whereasthefinancierwantsitforwhatitwillcontrol—forwhatitwillrepresentinthewayofdignity,force,power.Cowperwoodwantedmoneyinthatway;Stenernot.ThatwaswhyhehadbeensoreadytoletCowperwoodactforhim;andnow,whenheshouldhaveseenmoreclearlythaneverthesignificanceofwhatCowperwoodwasproposing,hewasfrightenedandhisreasonobscuredbysuchthingsasMollenhauer’sprobableoppositionandrage,Cowperwood’spossiblefailure,hisowninabilitytofacearealcrisis.Cowperwood’sinnatefinancialabilitydidnotreassureStenerinthishour.Thebankerwastooyoung,toonew.Mollenhauerwasolder,richer.SowasSimpson;sowasButler.Thesemen,withtheirwealth,representedthebigforces,thebigstandardsinhisworld.Andbesides,didnotCowperwoodhimselfconfessthathewasingreatdanger—thathewasinacorner.ThatwastheworstpossibleconfessiontomaketoStener—althoughunderthecircumstancesitwastheonlyonethatcouldbemade—forhehadnocouragetofacedanger.

           Soitwasthatnow,StenerstoodbyCowperwoodmeditating—pale,flaccid;unabletoseethemainlineofhisinterestsquickly,unabletofollowitdefinitely,surely,vigorously—whiletheydrovetohisoffice.Cowperwoodentereditwithhimforthesakeofcontinuinghisplea.

           "Well,George,"hesaidearnestly,"Iwishyou’dtellme.Time’sshort.Wehaven’tamomenttolose.

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