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Chapter IV

           Didtheywanttobuyforimmediatedelivery(forty-eighthoursbeingimmediate)sixhundredbarrelsofprimeflour?Hewouldofferitatninedollarsstraight,inthebarrel.Theydidnot.Heoffereditinfractions,andsomeagreedtotakeoneportion,andsomeanother.Inaboutanhourhewasallsecureonthissaveonelotoftwohundredbarrels,whichhedecidedtoofferinonelumptoafamousoperatornamedGendermanwithwhomhisfirmdidnobusiness.Thelatter,abigmanwithcurlygrayhair,agnarledandyetpudgyface,andlittleeyesthatpeekedoutshrewdlythroughfateyelids,lookedatCowperwoodcuriouslywhenhecamein.

           "What’syourname,youngman?"heasked,leaningbackinhiswoodenchair.

           "Cowperwood."

           "SoyouworkforWaterman&Company?Youwanttomakearecord,nodoubt.That’swhyyoucametome?"

           Cowperwoodmerelysmiled.

           "Well,I’lltakeyourflour.Ineedit.Billittome."

           Cowperwoodhurriedout.HewentdirecttoafirmofbrokersinWalnutStreet,withwhomhisfirmdealt,andhadthembidinthegrainheneededatprevailingrates.Thenhereturnedtotheoffice.

           "Well,"saidHenryWaterman,whenhereported,"youdidthatquick.SoldoldGendermantwohundredbarrelsdirect,didyou?That’sdoingprettywell.Heisn’tonourbooks,ishe?"

           "No,sir."

           "Ithoughtnot.Well,ifyoucandothatsortofworkonthestreetyouwon’tbeonthebookslong."

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