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The Cataclysm

           Inthecouncilcommittee-chamberCowperwoodwentfreelyamongthem,explainingashebestcouldthejusticeofhiscourseandmakingitplainthat,althoughwillingtobuyhisrights,helookedonthemasnomorethanhisdue.Theruleofthecouncilwasbarter,andheacceptedit.Hisunshakenandunconquerabledefianceheartenedhisfollowersgreatly,andthethoughtofthirtythousanddollarswasasabuttressagainstmanyterrors.Atthesametimemanyanaldermanspeculatedsolemnlyastowhathewoulddoafterwardandwherehewouldgooncehehadsoldout.

           AtlasttheMondaynightarrivedwhichwastobringthefinaltestofstrength.Picturethelarge,ponderousstructureofblackgraniteerectedattheexpenseofmillionsandsuggestingsomewhatthesomnolentarchitectureofancientEgyptwhichservedasthecityhallandcountycourt-housecombined.Onthiseveningthefourstreetssurroundingitwerepackedwiththousandsofpeople.TothisthrongCowperwoodhasbecomeanastoundingfigure:hiswealthfabulous,hisheartiron,hisintentionssinistertheacmeofcruel,plottingdeviltry.Onlythisday,theChronicle,calculatingwellthehourandtheoccasion,hascompletelycoveredoneofitspageswithanintimate,thoughexaggerated,descriptionofCowperwood’shouseinNewYork:hiscourtoforchids,hissunriseroom,thebathsofpinkandbluealabaster,thefinishingsofmarbleandintaglio.HereCowperwoodwasrepresentedasseatedinaswingingdivan,hisvariousbooks,arttreasures,andcomfortspiledabouthim.

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