Финансист

Chapter XXVII

           Buthiscautionclashedwithhisneedonthisoccasion,andhedecidedthathewouldnotcallforthecheckunlessStenerfinallyrefusedtoaidhimwiththreehundredthousandmore,inwhichcasehewouldclaimitashisright.InalllikelihoodStenerwouldnotthinktoaskwhetherthecertificateswereinthesinking-fundornot.Ifhedid,hewouldhavetoliethatwasall.

           Hedroverapidlybacktohisoffice,and,findingButler’snote,asheexpected,wroteacheckonhisfather’sbankfortheonehundredthousanddollarswhichhadbeenplacedtohiscreditbyhislovingparent,andsentitaroundtoButler’soffice.Therewasanothernote,fromAlbertStires,Stener’ssecretary,advisinghimnottobuyorsellanymorecityloanthatuntilfurthernoticesuchtransactionswouldnotbehonored.Cowperwoodimmediatelysensedthesourceofthiswarning.StenerhadbeeninconferencewithButlerorMollenhauer,andhadbeenwarnedandfrightened.Nevertheless,hegotinhisbuggyagainanddrovedirectlytothecitytreasurer’soffice.

           SinceCowperwood’svisitStenerhadtalkedstillmorewithSengstack,Strobik,andothers,allsenttoseethataproperfearofthingsfinancialhadbeenputinhisheart.TheresultwasdecidedlyonewhichspelledoppositiontoCowperwood.

           Strobikwasconsiderablydisturbedhimself.

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