Chapter IV

           TheappearanceofFrankCowperwoodatthistimewas,tosaytheleast,prepossessingandsatisfactory.Naturehaddestinedhimtobeaboutfivefeetteninchestall.Hisheadwaslarge,shapely,notablycommercialinaspect,thicklycoveredwithcrisp,dark-brownhairandfixedonapairofsquareshouldersandastockybody.Alreadyhiseyeshadthelookthatsubtleyearsofthoughtbring.Theywereinscrutable.Youcouldtellnothingbyhiseyes.Hewalkedwithalight,confident,springystep.Lifehadgivenhimnosevereshocksnorrudeawakenings.Hehadnotbeencompelledtosufferillnessorpainordeprivationofanykind.Hesawpeoplericherthanhimself,buthehopedtoberich.Hisfamilywasrespected,hisfatherwellplaced.Heowednomananything.Oncehehadletasmallnoteofhisbecomeoverdueatthebank,buthisfatherraisedsucharowthatheneverforgotit."Iwouldrathercrawlonmyhandsandkneesthanletmypapergotoprotest,"theoldgentlemanobserved;andthisfixedinhismindwhatscarcelyneededtobesosharplyemphasizedthesignificanceofcredit.Nopaperofhiseverwenttoprotestorbecameoverdueafterthatthroughanynegligenceofhis.

           HeturnedouttobethemostefficientclerkthatthehouseofWaterman&Co.hadeverknown.Theyputhimonthebooksatfirstasassistantbookkeeper,viceMr.ThomasTrixler,dismissed,andintwoweeksGeorgesaid:"Whydon’twemakeCowperwoodheadbookkeeper?HeknowsmoreinaminutethanthatfellowSampsonwilleverknow."

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