Финансист

Chapter LIII

           Itspopulationconsistedofindividualsofalldegreesofintelligenceandcrime,frommurdererstominorpractitionersoflarceny.Ithadwhatwasknownasthe"PennsylvaniaSystem"ofregulationforitsinmates,whichwasnothingmorenorlessthansolitaryconfinementforallconcernedalifeofabsolutesilenceandseparatelaborinseparatecells.

           Barringhiscomparativelyrecentexperienceinthecountyjail,whichafterallwasfarfromtypical,Cowperwoodhadneverbeeninaprisoninhislife.Once,whenaboy,inoneofhisperambulationsthroughseveralofthesurroundingtowns,hehadpassedavillage"lock-up,"asthetownprisonswerethencalledasmall,square,graybuildingwithlongiron-barredwindows,andhehadseen,atoneoftheseratherdepressingaperturesonthesecondfloor,anonetooprepossessingdrunkardortownne’er-do-wellwholookeddownonhimwithblearyeyes,unkempthair,andasodden,waxy,pallidface,andcalledforitwassummerandthejailwindowwasopen:

           "Hey,sonny,getmeaplugoftobacco,willyou?"

           Cowperwood,whohadlookedup,shockedanddisturbedbytheman’sdisheveledappearance,hadcalledback,quitewithoutstoppingtothink:

           "Naw,Ican’t."

           "Lookoutyoudon’tgetlockedupyourselfsometime,youlittlerunt,"themanhadreplied,savagely,onlyhalfrecoveredfromhisdebauchofthedaybefore.

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