Финансист

Chapter XXXV

           

           "Howdoyoudo?"saidButler,whenaboyusheredhimintothepresenceofthisworthy,whosenamewasMartinsonGilbertMartinson,ofAmericanandIrishextraction.ThelatternoddedandlookedatButlershrewdly,recognizinghimatonceasamanofforceandprobablyofposition.Hethereforeroseandofferedhimachair.

           "Sitdown,"hesaid,studyingtheoldIrishmanfromunderthick,bushyeyebrows."WhatcanIdoforyou?"

           "You’rethemanager,areyou?"askedButler,solemnly,eyeingthemanwithashrewd,inquiringeye.

           "Yes,sir,"repliedMartinson,simply."That’smypositionhere."

           "ThisMr.Pinkertonthatrunsthisagencyhewouldn’tbeaboutthisplace,now,wouldhe?"askedButler,carefully."I’dliketotalktohimpersonally,ifImight,meaningnooffensetoyou."

           "Mr.PinkertonisinChicagoatpresent,"repliedMr.Martinson."Idon’texpecthimbackforaweekortendays.Youcantalktome,though,withthesameconfidencethatyoucouldtohim.I’mtheresponsibleheadhere.However,you’rethebestjudgeofthat."

           Butlerdebatedwithhimselfinsilenceforafewmoments,estimatingthemanbeforehim."Areyouafamilymanyourself?"heasked,oddly.

           "Yes,sir,I’mmarried,"repliedMartinson,solemnly."Ihaveawifeandtwochildren."

           Martinson,fromlongexperienceconceivedthatthismustbeamatteroffamilymisconductason,daughter,wife.

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