Финансист

Chapter VI

           Cowperwood,regardlessofhisintrinsicmerits,wasoriginallycountedoneoftheirnumber,andhewasputunderthedirectionofMr.ArthurRivers,theregularfloormanofTighe&Company.

           Riverswasanexceedinglyforcefulmanofthirty-five,well-dressed,well-formed,withahard,smooth,evenlychiseledface,whichwasornamentedbyashort,blackmustacheandfine,black,clearlypenciledeyebrows.Hishaircametoanoddpointatthemiddleofhisforehead,wherehedividedit,andhischinwasfaintlyandattractivelycleft.Hehadasoftvoice,aquiet,conservativemanner,andbothinandoutofthisbrokerageandtradingworldwascontrolledbygoodform.CowperwoodwonderedatfirstwhyRiversshouldworkforTigheheappearedalmostasablebutafterwardlearnedthathewasinthecompany.Tighewastheorganizerandgeneralhand-shaker,Riversthefloorandoutsideman.

           Itwasuseless,asFranksoonfound,totrytofigureoutexactlywhystocksroseandfell.Somegeneralreasonstherewere,ofcourse,ashewastoldbyTighe,buttheycouldnotalwaysbedependedon.

           "Sure,anythingcanmakeorbreakamarket"—Tigheexplainedinhisdelicatebrogue—"fromthefailureofabanktotherumorthatyoursecondcousin’sgrandmotherhasacold.It’samostunusualworld,Cowperwood.Nomancanexplainit.I’veseenbreaksinstocksthatyoucouldneverexplainatallnoonecould.Itwouldn’tbepossibletofindoutwhytheybroke.I’veseenrisesthesameway.

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