Финансист

Chapter XXVII

           TheChicagofire,Stener’searlyabsence,Butler,Mollenhauer,andSimpson’sindifferencetoStener’sfateandhis.AndnowthisprobablerevelationinconnectionwithAileen.Hecouldnotbesureasyet,buthisintuitiveinstinctstoldhimthatitmustbesomethinglikethis.

           NowhewasdistressedastowhatAileenwoulddo,sayifsuddenlyshewereconfrontedbyherfather.Ifhecouldonlygettoher!ButifhewastomeetButler’scallforhisloan,andtheotherswhichwouldcomeyetto-dayoronthemorrow,therewasnotamomenttolose.Ifhedidnotpayhemustassignatonce.Butler’srage,Aileen,hisowndanger,werebrushedasideforthemoment.Hismindconcentratedwhollyonhowtosavehimselffinancially.

           HehurriedtovisitGeorgeWaterman;DavidWiggin,hiswife’sbrother,whowasnowfairlywelltodo;JosephZimmerman,thewealthydry-goodsdealerwhohaddealtwithhiminthepast;JudgeKitchen,aprivatemanipulatorofconsiderablewealth;FrederickVanNostrand,theStatetreasurer,whowasinterestedinlocalstreet-railwaystocks,andothers.Ofallthosetowhomheappealedonewasactuallynotinapositiontodoanythingforhim;anotherwasafraid;athirdwascalculatingeagerlytodriveahardbargain;afourthwastoodeliberate,anxioustohavemuchtime.Allscentedthetruevalueofhissituation,allwantedtimetoconsider,andhehadnotimetoconsider.JudgeKitchendidagreetolendhimthirtythousanddollarsapaltrysum.

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