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Chapter XXXVI

           OwenhadtoldCallumthathethoughtShannonwasgoingtodohisbesttosendCowperwood"up"—thattheoldmanthoughthedeservedit.

           InthenextplaceshehadlearnedthatherfatherdidnotwantCowperwoodtoresumebusinessdidnotfeelhedeservedtobeallowedto."ItwouldbeaGod’sblessingifthecommunitywereshutofhim,"hehadsaidtoOwenonemorning,aproposofanoticeinthepapersofCowperwood’slegalstruggles;andOwenhadaskedCallumwhyhethoughttheoldmanwassobitter.Thetwosonscouldnotunderstandit.Cowperwoodheardallthisfromher,andmorebitsaboutJudgePayderson,thejudgewhowastotryhim,whowasafriendofButler’salsoaboutthefactthatStenermightbesentupforthefulltermofhiscrime,butthatbewouldbepardonedsoonafterward.

           ApparentlyCowperwoodwasnotverymuchfrightened.Hetoldherthathehadpowerfulfinancialfriendswhowouldappealtothegovernortopardonhimincasehewasconvicted;and,anyhow,thathedidnotthinkthattheevidencewasstrongenoughtoconvicthim.Hewasmerelyapoliticalscapegoatthroughpublicclamorandherfather’sinfluence;sincethelatter’sreceiptoftheletteraboutthemhehadbeenthevictimofButler’senmity,andnothingmore."Ifitweren’tforyourfather,honey,"hedeclared,"Icouldhavethisindictmentquashedinnotime.NeitherMollenhauernorSimpsonhasanythingagainstmepersonally,Iamsure.

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