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Chapter XXXIII

           "(HelookedatMollenhauerinacomplimentaryway.)"ButifIcouldbekeptoutofthegeneralproceedingsasmuchaspossible,mystandingwouldnotbeinjured,andIwouldhaveabetterchanceofgettingonmyfeet.Itwouldbebetterforthecity,forthenIcouldcertainlypayitwhatIoweit."Hesmiledhismostwinsomeandengagingsmile.AndMollenhauerseeinghimforthefirsttime,wasnotunimpressed.IndeedhelookedatthisyoungfinancialDavidwithaninterestedeye.IfhecouldhaveseenawaytoacceptthispropositionofCowperwood’s,sothatthemoneyofferedwouldhavebeeneventuallypayabletohim,andifCowperwoodhadhadanyreasonableprospectofgettingonhisfeetsoon,hewouldhaveconsideredcarefullywhathehadtosay.ForthenCowperwoodcouldhaveassignedhisrecoveredpropertytohim.Asitwas,therewassmalllikelihoodofthissituationeverbeingstraightenedout.TheCitizens’MunicipalReformAssociation,fromallhecouldhear,wasalreadyonthemoveinvestigating,oraboutto,andoncetheyhadsettheirhandstothis,wouldunquestionablyfollowitcloselytotheend.

           "Thetroublewiththissituation,Mr.Cowperwood,"hesaid,affably,"isthatithasgonesofarthatitispracticallyoutofmyhands.Ireallyhaveverylittletodowithit.Idon’tsuppose,though,really,itisthismatterofthefive-hundred-thousand-dollarloanthatisworryingyousomuch,asitisthisothermatterofthesixty-thousand-dollarcheckyoureceivedtheotherday.Mr.

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