Финансист

Chapter LV

           Atthesametime,hecouldnothelpthinking,ifheseemedstrangetohimself,now,howmuchstrangerhewouldseemthen,behindthesenarrowbarsworkingatsocommonplaceataskascaningchairs.Nevertheless,henowthankedDesmasforthis,aswellasforthesheetsandthetoiletarticleswhichhadjustbeenbroughtin.

           "That’sallright,"repliedthelatter,pleasantlyandsoftly,bynowmuchintriguedbyCowperwood."Iknowthattherearemenandmenhere,thesameasanywhere.Ifamanknowshowtousethesethingsandwantstobeclean,Iwouldn’tbeonetoputanythinginhisway."

           ThenewoverseerwithwhomCowperwoodhadtodealwasaverydifferentpersonfromEliasChapin.HisnamewasWalterBonhag,andhewasnotmorethanthirty-sevenyearsofageabig,flabbysortofpersonwithacraftymind,whoseprincipalobjectinlifewastoseethatthisprisonsituationashefounditshouldfurnishhimabetterincomethanhisnormalsalaryprovided.AclosestudyofBonhagwouldhaveseemedtoindicatethathewasastool-pigeonofDesmas,butthiswasreallynottrueexceptinalimitedway.BecauseBonhagwasshrewdandsycophantic,quicktoseeapointinhisoranybodyelse’sfavor,Desmasinstinctivelyrealizedthathewasthekindofmanwhocouldbetrustedtobelenientonorderorsuggestion.

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