Финансист

Chapter XXXVI

           

           AftershewasgoneAldersonsteppedoutanddeclaredthathewassatisfied."That’sallIneedtoknow,"hesaid."I’llletyouknowinafewdaysifIfindoutanything."

           Hedeparted,andwithinthirty-sixhoursthehouseandofficeofCowperwood,thehouseofButler,theofficeofHarperSteger,Cowperwood’slawyer,andCowperwoodandAileenseparatelyandpersonallywereundercompletesurveillance.Ittooksixmentodoitatfirst,andeventuallyaseventh,whenthesecondmeeting-place,whichwaslocatedinSouthSixthStreet,wasdiscovered.AllthedetectiveswerefromNewYork.InaweekallwasknowntoAlderson.ItbadbeenagreedbetweenhimandButlerthatifAileenandCowperwoodwerediscoveredtohaveanyparticularrendezvousButlerwastobenotifiedsometimewhenshewasthere,sothathemightgoimmediatelyandconfrontherinperson,ifhewished.HedidnotintendtokillCowperwoodandAldersonwouldhaveseentoitthathedidnotinhispresenceatleast,buthewouldgivehimagoodtongue-lashing,fellhimtothefloor,inalllikelihood,andmarchAileenaway.TherewouldbenomorelyingonherpartastowhethershewasorwasnotgoingwithCowperwood.Shewouldnotbeabletosayafterthatwhatshewouldorwouldnotdo.Butlerwouldlaydownthelawtoher.Shewouldreform,orhewouldsendhertoareformatory.

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