Финансист

Chapter LV

           

           Oneofthethingscuriouslyenoughatthistime,whichworkedinCowperwood’sfavor,wasthefactthatBonhagwasfriendlywiththeoverseerwhohadStenerincharge,andStener,becauseofhispoliticalfriends,wasbeingliberallytreated,andBonhagknewofthis.Hewasnotacarefulreaderofnewspapers,norhadheanyintellectualgraspofimportantevents;butheknewbynowthatbothStenerandCowperwoodwere,orhadbeen,individualsofgreatimportanceinthecommunity;alsothatCowperwoodhadbeenthemoreimportantofthetwo.Betteryet,asBonhagnowheard,Cowperwoodstillhadmoney.Someprisoner,whowaspermittedtoreadthepaper,toldhimso.Andso,entirelyasidefromWardenDesmas’srecommendation,whichwasgiveninaveryquiet,noncommittalway,BonhagwasinterestedtoseewhathecoulddoforCowperwoodforaprice.

           ThedayCowperwoodwasinstalledinhisnewcell,Bonhaglolleduptothedoor,whichwasopen,andsaid,inasemipatronizingway,"Gotallyourthingsoveryet?"ItwashisbusinesstolockthedooronceCowperwoodwasinsideit.

           "Yes,sir,"repliedCowperwood,whohadbeenshrewdenoughtogetthenewoverseer’snamefromChapin;"thisisMr.Bonhag,Ipresume?"

           "That’sme,"repliedBonhag,notalittleflatteredbytherecognition,butstillpurelyinterestedbythepracticalsideofthisencounter.HewasanxioustostudyCowperwood,toseewhattypeofmanhewas.

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