Финансист

Chapter VI

           

           SocameLillianSemple,whowasnothingmoretohimthantheshadowofanideal.Yetsheclearedupcertainofhisideasinregardtowomen.Shewasnotphysicallyasvigorousorbrutalasthoseotherwomenwhomhehadencounteredinthelupanars,thusfarraw,unashamedcontravenersofacceptedtheoriesandnotionsandforthatveryreasonhelikedher.Andhisthoughtscontinuedtodwellonher,notwithstandingthehecticdayswhichnowpassedlikeflashesoflightinhisnewbusinessventure.Forthisstockexchangeworldinwhichhenowfoundhimself,primitiveasitwouldseemto-day,wasmostfascinatingtoCowperwood.TheroomthathewenttoinThirdStreet,atDock,wherethebrokersortheiragentsandclerksgatheredonehundredandfiftystrong,wasnothingtospeakofartisticallyasquarechambersixtybysixty,reachingfromthesecondfloortotheroofofafour-storybuilding;butitwasstrikingtohim.Thewindowswerehighandnarrow;alarge-facedclockfacedthewestentranceoftheroomwhereyoucameinfromthestairs;acollectionoftelegraphinstruments,withtheiraccompanyingdesksandchairs,occupiedthenortheastcorner.Onthefloor,intheearlydaysoftheexchange,wererowsofchairswherethebrokerssatwhilevariouslotsofstockswereofferedtothem.Laterinthehistoryoftheexchangethechairswereremovedandatdifferentpointspostsorfloor-signsindicatingwherecertainstocksweretradedinwereintroduced.Aroundthesethemenwhowereinterestedgatheredtodotheirtrading.

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