Финансист

Chapter XXVI

           Hewasthinkingofthepeculiarityofhisrelationshipwithher,andofthefactthatnowhewasrunningtoherfatherforassistance.Ashemountedthestairshehadapeculiarsenseoftheuntoward;buthecouldnot,inhisviewoflife,giveitcountenance.OneglanceatButlershowedhimthatsomethinghadgoneamiss.Hewasnotsofriendly;hisglancewasdark,andtherewasacertainsternnesstohiscountenancewhichhadneverpreviouslybeenmanifestedthereinCowperwood’smemory.Heperceivedatoncethatherewassomethingdifferentfromamereintentiontorefusehimaidandcallhisloan.Whatwasit?Aileen?Itmustbethat.Somebodyhadsuggestedsomething.Theyhadbeenseentogether.Well,evenso,nothingcouldbeproved.Butlerwouldobtainnosignfromhim.Buthisloanthatwastobecalled,surely.Andasforanadditionalloan,hecouldseenow,beforeawordhadbeensaid,thatthatthoughtwasuseless.

           "Icametoseeyouaboutthatloanofyours,Mr.Butler,"heobserved,briskly,withanold-time,jauntyair.Youcouldnothavetoldfromhismannerorhisfacethathehadobservedanythingoutoftheordinary.

           Butler,whowasaloneintheroomOwenhavinggoneintoanadjoiningroommerelystaredathimfromunderhisshaggybrows.

           "I’llhavetohavethatmoney,"hesaid,brusquely,darkly.

           Anold-timeIrishragesuddenlywelledupinhisbosomashecontemplatedthisjaunty,sophisticatedundoerofhisdaughter’svirtue.

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