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Chapter XLII

           

           HethenputonArthurRivers,whohadactedforCowperwoodon‘changeasspecialagentduringthepanic,totestifytothelargequantitiesofcityloanhehadpurchasedtostaythemarket;andthenafterhim,Cowperwood’sbrothers,EdwardandJoseph,whotestifiedtoinstructionsreceivedfromRiversastobuyingandsellingcityloanonthatoccasionprincipallybuying.

           ThenextwitnesswasPresidentW.C.DavisonoftheGirardNationalBank.Hewasalargemanphysically,notsoroundofbodyasfullandbroad.Hisshouldersandchestwereample.Hehadabigblondhead,withanamplebreadthofforehead,whichwashighandsane-looking.Hehadathick,squatnose,which,however,wasforceful,andthin,firm,evenlips.Therewasthefaintesttouchofcynicalhumorinhishardblueeyesattimes;butmostlyhewasfriendly,alert,placid-looking,withoutseemingintheleastsentimentalorevenkindly.Hisbusiness,asonecouldseeplainly,wastoinsistonhardfinancialfacts,andonecouldseealsohowhewouldnaturallybedrawntoFrankAlgernonCowperwoodwithoutbeingmentallydominatedorupsetbyhim.Ashetookthechairveryquietly,andyetonemightsaysignificantly,itwasobviousthathefeltthatthissortoflegal-financialpalaverwasabovetheaveragemanandbeneaththedignityofatruefinancierinotherwords,abother.ThedrowsySparkheaverholdingupaBiblebesidehimforhimtoswearbymightaswellhavebeenablockofwood.Hisoathwasapersonalmatterwithhim.

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