Финансист

Chapter LVI

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

           Butdayafterdaysecretinghimselfinhisroomalittlehall-bedroomofficeinhisnewesthome,wheretohiswife,hepretendedthathehadsomecommercialmatterswherewithhewasstillconcernedandonceinside,thedoorlocked,sittingandbroodingonallthathadbefallenhimhislosses;hisgoodname.

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