Финансист

Chapter LII

           

           Thetwoburglarswerequicklydisposedofbythejudge,withasentenceofoneyeareach,andtheywereledaway,uncertain,andapparentlynotknowingwhattothinkoftheircrimeortheirfuture.

           WhenitcametoCowperwood’sturntobecalled,hishonorhimselfstiffenedandstraightenedup,forthiswasadifferenttypeofmanandcouldnotbehandledintheusualmanner.Heknewexactlywhathewasgoingtosay.WhenoneofMollenhauer’sagents,aclosefriendofButler’s,hadsuggestedthatfiveyearsforbothCowperwoodandStenerwouldbeaboutright,heknewexactlywhattodo."FrankAlgernonCowperwood,"calledtheclerk.

           Cowperwoodsteppedbrisklyforward,sorryforhimself,ashamedofhispositioninaway,butshowingitneitherinlooknormanner.Paydersoneyedhimashehadtheothers.

           "Name?"askedthebailiff,forthebenefitofthecourtstenographer.

           "FrankAlgernonCowperwood."

           "Residence?"

           "1937GirardAvenue."

           "Occupation?"

           "Bankerandbroker."

           Stegerstoodclosebesidehim,verydignified,veryforceful,readytomakeafinalstatementforthebenefitofthecourtandthepublicwhenthetimeshouldcome.Aileen,fromherpositioninthecrowdnearthedoor,wasforthefirsttimeinherlifebitingherfingersnervouslyandthereweregreatbeadsofperspirationonherbrow.

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