Финансист

Chapter LIII

           Theattendantwhostoodguardatthedoornowcameover,andtheclerkwhosatinacornerautomaticallytookdownarecord-blank.KendallsurveyedCowperwood’sdecidedlygracefulfigure,alreadyincliningtoaslightthickeningaroundthewaist,andapprovedofitassuperiortothatofmostwhocamehere.Hisskin,asheparticularlynoted,wasespeciallywhite.

           "Steponthescale,"saidtheattendant,brusquely.

           Cowperwooddidso,Theformeradjustedtheweightsandscannedtherecordcarefully.

           "Weight,onehundredandseventy-five,"hecalled."Nowstepoverhere."

           Heindicatedaspotinthesidewallwherewasfastenedinathinslatwhichranfromthefloortoaboutsevenandonehalffeetabove,perpendicularlyasmallmovablewoodenindicator,which,whenamanwasstandingunderit,couldbepresseddownonhishead.Atthesideoftheslatwerethetotalinchesofheight,laidoffinhalves,quarters,eighths,andsoon,andtotherightalengthmeasurementforthearm.Cowperwoodunderstoodwhatwaswantedandsteppedundertheindicator,standingquitestraight.

           "Feetlevel,backtothewall,"urgedtheattendant."So.Height,fivefeetnineandten-sixteenths,"hecalled.Theclerkinthecornernotedit.Henowproducedatape-measureandbeganmeasuringCowperwood’sarms,legs,chest,waist,hips,etc.Hecalledoutthecolorofhiseyes,hishair,hismustache,and,lookingintohismouth,exclaimed,"Teeth,allsound."

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