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An Hour of Defeat

           

           Whatistobedonewithsucharag-bag,moralisticassasthis?Inspiteofallhisphilanderings,andtheresultantqualmsduetohisfearofbeingfoundout,heprosperedinbusinessandrosetosomeeminenceinhisowncommunity.Ashehadgrownmorelaxhehadbecomesomewhatmoregenialandtolerant,moregenerallyacceptable.HewasagoodRepublican,afollowerinthewakeofNorrieSimmsandyoungTrumanLeslieMacDonald.Hisfather-in-lawwasbothrichandmoderatelyinfluential.Havinglenthimselftosomecampaignspeaking,andtopartyworkingeneral,heprovedquiteanadept.Becauseofallthesethings—hisability,suchasitwas,hispliability,andhisthoroughlyrespectablesavor—hehadbeenslatedascandidateformayorontheRepublicanticket,whichhadsubsequentlybeenelected.

           Cowperwoodwaswellaware,fromremarksmadeinthepreviouscampaign,ofthederogatoryattitudeofMayorSluss.AlreadyhehaddiscusseditinaconversationwiththeHon.JoelAvery(ex-statesenator),whowasinhisemployatthetime.Averyhadrecentlybeeninallsortsofcorporationwork,andknewtheinsandoutsofthecourts—lawyers,judges,politicians—asheknewhisrevisedstatutes.Hewasaverylittleman—notmorethanfivefeetoneinchtall—withawideforehead,saffronhairandbrows,brown,cat-likeeyesandamushyunderlipthatoccasionallycoveredtheupperoneashethought.AfteryearsandyearsMr.Averyhadleamedtosmile,butitwasinastrange,exoticway.

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