Финансист

Chapter LVI

           Andalso,byconsiderableeffort,hehadsucceededinsecuringCowperwood,Sr.,aplaceasaclerkinabank.Forthelatter,sincethedayofhisresignationfromtheThirdNationalhadbeeninadeep,sadquandaryastowhatfurthertodowithhislife.Hisson’sdisgrace!Thehorrorofhistrialandincarceration.SincethedayofFrank’sindictmentandmoreso,sincehissentenceandcommitmenttotheEasternPenitentiary,hewasasonewhowalkedinadream.Thattrial!ThatchargeagainstFrank!Hisownson,aconvictinstripes—andafterheandFrankhadwalkedsoproudlyinthefrontrankofthesuccessfulandrespectedhere.Likesomanyothersinhishourofdistress,hehadtakentoreadingtheBible,lookingintoitspagesforsomethingofthatmindconsolationthatalways,fromyouthup,althoughrathercasuallyintheselatteryears,hehadimaginedwastobefoundthere.ThePsalms,Isaiah,theBookofJob,Ecclesiastes.Andforthemostpart,becauseofthefrayingnatureofhispresentills,notfindingit.

           Butdayafterdaysecretinghimselfinhisroom—alittlehall-bedroomofficeinhisnewesthome,wheretohiswife,hepretendedthathehadsomecommercialmatterswherewithhewasstillconcerned—andonceinside,thedoorlocked,sittingandbroodingonallthathadbefallenhim—hislosses;hisgoodname.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 719 из 773