Финансист

Chapter XXXII

           

           "Justwhatdoyoumean?"askedtheSenator,lookingatButlerinterestedly.Heknewnothingofthesixty-thousand-dollarchecktransaction.Hehadnotfollowedthelocaltreasurydealingsveryclosely,norhadhetalkedtoeitherofhisconfreressincetheoriginalconferencebetweenthem."Therehaven’tbeenanyoutsidepartiesmixedupwiththis,havethere?"Hisownshrewd,politicalmindwasworking.

           "No-o.Iwouldn’tcallhimanoutsideparty,exactly,Senator,"wentonButlersuavely."It’sCowperwoodhimselfI’mthinkin’of.There’ssomethin’thathascomeupsinceIsawyougentlemenlastthatmakesmethinkthatperhapsthatyoungmanisn’tasinnocentashemightbe.Itlookstomeasthoughhewastheringleaderinthisbusiness,asthoughhehadbeenleadin’Steneronagainsthiswill.I’vebeenlookin’intothematteronmeownaccount,andasfarasIcanmakeoutthismanStenerisn’tasmuchtoblameasIthought.FromallIcanlearn,Cowperwood’sbeenthreatenin’Stenerwithonethingandanotherifhedidn’tgivehimmoremoney,andonlytheotherdayhegotabigsumonfalsepretinses,whichmightmakehimequallyguiltywithStener.There’ssixty-thousanddollarsofcityloancertificatesthathasbeenpaidforthataren’tinthesinking-fund.Andsincethereputationoftheparty’sindangerthisfall,Idon’tseethatweneedtohaveanyparticularconsiderationforhim.

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