Финансист

Chapter XXXV

           Itwasthis.Itwasthat.JustthenoldButlercameinandtookhisseatattheheadofthetable.Knowingallaboutit,hewasmostanxioustoappearnotto.

           "Youwouldn’tobject,Edward,wouldyou?"queriedhiswife,explainingthepropositioningeneral.

           "Object!"heechoed,withawellsimulatedbutroughattemptatgayety."AfinethingI’dbedoingformeselfobjectin’.I’dbegladifIcouldgetshutofthewholepackofyeforatime."

           "Whattalkyehave!"saidhiswife."Afinemessyou’dmakeofitlivin’alone."

           "I’dnotbealone,belaveme,"repliedButler."There’smanyaplaceI’dbewelcomeinthistownnothankstoye."

           "Andthere’smanyaplaceyewouldn’thavebeenifithadn’tbeenforme.I’mtellin’yethat,"retortedMrs.Butler,genially.

           "Andthat’snotstretchin’thetrootmuch,aither,"heanswered,fondly.

           Aileenwasadamant.NoamountofargumentbothonthepartofNorahandhermotherhadanyeffectwhatever.Butlerwitnessedthefailureofhisplanwithconsiderabledissatisfaction,buthewasnotthrough.WhenhewasfinallyconvincedthattherewasnohopeofpersuadinghertoaccepttheMollenhauerproposition,hedecided,afterawhile,toemployadetective.

           Atthattime,thereputationofWilliamA.Pinkerton,ofdetectivefame,andofhisagencywasgreat.

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