Финансист

Chapter LV

           Itwasherardentsympathythathewasafraidof.HewassogladthatBonhaghadsuggestedthatshemightenterthecell,foritwouldbeagrimproceduretalkingtoherthroughabarreddoor.

           WhenAileenarrivedsheaskedforMr.Bonhag,andwaspermittedtogotothecentralrotunda,wherehewassentfor.Whenhecameshemurmured:"IwishtoseeMr.Cowperwood,ifyouplease";andheexclaimed,"Oh,yes,justcomewithme."AshecameacrosstherotundafloorfromhiscorridorhewasstruckbytheevidentyouthofAileen,eventhoughhecouldnotseeherface.ThisnowwassomethinginaccordancewithwhathehadexpectedofCowperwood.Amanwhocouldstealfivehundredthousanddollarsandsetawholecitybytheearsmusthavewonderfuladventuresofallkinds,andAileenlookedlikeatrueadventure.Heledhertothelittleroomwherehekepthisdeskanddetainedvisitors,andthenbustleddowntoCowperwood’scell,wherethefinancierwasworkingononeofhischairsandscratchingonthedoorwithhiskey,called:"There’sayoungladyheretoseeyou.Doyouwanttolethercomeinside?"

           "Thankyou,yes,"repliedCowperwood;andBonhaghurriedaway,unintentionallyforgetting,inhisboorishincivility,tounlockthecelldoor,sothathehadtoopenitinAileen’spresence.Thelongcorridor,withitsthickdoors,mathematicallyspacedgratingsandgray-stonepavement,causedAileentofeelfaintatheart.Aprison,ironcells!Andhewasinoneofthem.Itchilledherusuallycourageousspirit.

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