Финансист

Chapter LIX

           FromNewYorkwascomingmomentarilymorenewsofdisaster.Overtherebanksandtrustcompanieswerefallingliketreesinahurricane.Cowperwoodinhisperambulations,seeingwhathecouldseeandhearingwhathecouldhear,reachingunderstandingswhichwereagainsttherulesoftheexchange,butwhichwereneverthelessinaccordwithwhateveryotherpersonwasdoing,sawabouthimmenknowntohimasagentsofMollenhauerandSimpson,andcongratulatedhimselfthathewouldhavesomethingtocollectfromthembeforetheweekwasover.Hemightnotownastreet-railway,buthewouldhavethemeansto.Helearnedfromhearsay,andinformationwhichhadbeenreceivedfromNewYorkandelsewhere,thatthingswereasbadastheycouldbe,andthattherewasnohopeforthosewhoexpectedaspeedyreturnofnormalconditions.Nothoughtofretiringforthenightentereduntilthelastmanwasgone.Itwasthenpracticallymorning.

           ThenextdaywasFriday,andsuggestedmanyominousthings.WoulditbeanotherBlackFriday?Cowperwoodwasathisofficebeforethestreetwasfairlyawake.Hefiguredouthisprogramforthedaytoanicety,feelingstrangelydifferentfromthewayhehadfelttwoyearsbeforewhentheconditionswerenotdissimilar.Yesterday,inspiteofthesuddenonslaught,hehadmadeonehundredandfiftythousanddollars,andheexpectedtomakeasmuch,ifnotmore,to-day.

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