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Chapter XXXII

           MyownopinionwouldbethatwewaituntilitisveryplainthatprosecutionisgoingtobeundertakenbysomeoneelsepossiblytheMunicipalReformAssociationbutthatwestandreadytostepinandactinsuchawayastomakeitlookasthoughwehadbeenplanningtodoitallthetime.Thethingtodoistogaintime;andsoIwouldsuggestthatitbemadeasdifficultaspossibletogetatthetreasurer’sbooks.Aninvestigationthere,ifitbeginsatallasIthinkisverylikelyshouldbeveryslowinproducingthefacts."

           TheSenatorwasnotatallformincingwordswithhisimportantconfreres,whenitcametovitalissues.Hepreferred,inhisgrandiloquentway,tocallaspadeaspade.

           "Nowthatsoundslikeverygoodsensetome,"saidButler,sinkingalittlelowerinhischairforcomfort’ssake,andconcealinghistruemoodinregardtoallthis."Theboyscouldeasilymakethatinvestigationlastthreeweeks,Ishouldthink.They’reslowenoughwitheverythingelse,ifmememorydoesn’tfailme."AtthesametimehewascogitatingastohowtoinjectthepersonalityofCowperwoodandhisspeedyprosecutionwithoutappearingtobeneglectingthegeneralwelfareofthelocalpartytoomuch.

           "Yes,thatisn’tabadidea,"saidMollenhauer,solemnly,blowingaringofsmoke,andthinkinghowtokeepCowperwood’sespecialoffensefromcomingupatthisconferenceanduntilafterhehadseenhim.

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