Финансист

Chapter XLVII

           Fortheysensedclearlythatthiswasanotherillustrationofthatinnate"Isatisfymyself"attitudewhichsoregulatedCowperwood’sconduct.Hewasastrongman,surely—andabrilliantone.NeverhadThirdStreetseenamorepyrotechnic,andyetfascinatingandfinanciallyaggressive,andatthesametime,conservativeperson.YetmightonenotfairlytemptNemesisbyatoogreatdaringandegotism?LikeDeath,itlovesashiningmark.Heshouldnot,perhaps,haveseducedButler’sdaughter;unquestionablyheshouldnothavesoboldlytakenthatcheck,especiallyafterhisquarrelandbreakwithStener.Hewasalittletooaggressive.Wasitnotquestionablewhether—withsucharecord—hecouldberestoredtohisformerplacehere?Thebankersandbusinessmenwhowereclosesttohimweredecidedlydubious.

           ButinsofarasCowperwoodandhisownattitudetowardlifewasconcerned,atthistime—thefeelinghehad—"tosatisfymyself"—whencombinedwithhisloveofbeautyandloveandwomen,stillmadehimruthlessandthoughtless.Evennow,thebeautyanddelightofagirllikeAileenButlerwerefarmoreimportanttohimthanthegood-willoffiftymillionpeople,ifhecouldevadethenecessityofhavingtheirgood-will.PrevioustotheChicagofireandthepanic,hisstarhadbeensorapidlyascendingthatinthehelter-skelterofgreatandfavorableeventshehadscarcelytakenthoughtofthesocialsignificanceofthethinghewasdoing.Youthandthejoyoflifewereinhisblood.

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