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Chapter XXI

           Thewindowgavenowheresaveintoabackyardbehindanotherofficebuildingwhichhadformerlybeenaresidence.Somegrassgrewfeeblythere.Theredwallandold-fashionedbrickfencewhichdivideditfromthenextlotremindedhimsomehowofhisoldhomeinNewMarketStreet,towhichhisUncleSenecausedtocomeasaCubantraderfollowedbyhisblackPortugueseservitor.Hecouldseehimnowashesatherelookingattheyard.

           "Well,"askedStener,ambitiously,takingthebait,"whydon’twegetholdofthatyouandme?IsupposeIcouldfixitsofarasthemoneyisconcerned.Howmuchwouldittake?"

           Cowperwoodsmiledinwardlyagain.

           "Idon’tknowexactly,"hesaid,afteratime."Iwanttolookintoitmorecarefully.TheonetroubleisthatI’mcarryingagooddealofthecity’smoneyasitis.Yousee,Ihavethattwohundredthousanddollarsagainstyourcity-loandeals.Andthisnewschemewilltaketwoorthreehundredthousandmore.Ifthatwereoutoftheway—"

           HewasthinkingofoneoftheinexplicablestockpanicsthosestrangeAmericandepressionswhichhadsomuchtodowiththetemperamentofthepeople,andsolittletodowiththebasicconditionsofthecountry."IfthisNorthPennsylvaniadealwerethroughanddonewith—"

           Herubbedhischinandpulledathishandsomesilkymustache.

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