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Chapter XXI

           Inthefuturewhynotlet’sseeifyouandIcan’tworksomeonethingtogether?You’llbemuchbetteroff,andsowillI.We’vedoneprettywellonthecity-loanpropositionsofar,haven’twe?"

           Thetruthwas,theyhaddoneexceedinglywell.Asidefromwhatthehigherpowershadmade,Stener’snewhouse,hislots,hisbank-account,hisgoodclothes,andhischangedandcomfortablesenseoflifewerelargelyduetoCowperwood’ssuccessfulmanipulationofthesecity-loancertificates.Alreadytherehadbeenfourissuesoftwohundredthousanddollarseach.Cowperwoodhadboughtandsoldnearlythreemilliondollars’worthofthesecertificates,actingonetimeasa"bull"andanotherasa"bear."Stenerwasnowworthallofonehundredandfiftythousanddollars.

           "There’salinethatIknowofhereinthecitywhichcouldbemadeintoasplendidlypayingproperty,"continuedCowperwood,meditatively,"iftherightthingscouldbedonewithit.JustlikethisNorthPennsylvanialine,itisn’tlongenough.Theterritoryitservesisn’tbigenough.Itoughttobeextended;butifyouandIcouldgetit,itmighteventuallybeworkedwiththisNorthPennsylvaniaCompanyorsomeotherasonecompany.Thatwouldsaveofficersandofficesandalotofthings.Thereisalwaysmoneytobemadeoutofalargerpurchasingpower."

           Hepausedandlookedoutthewindowofhishandsomelittlehardwoodoffice,speculatinguponthefuture.

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