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Chapter XXIV

           "IfCowperwoodshouldfailandthatmoneycouldn’tbeputback—"Hebrokeoffabstractedly."Thethingthat’stroublin’meisthismatterofStenerandthecitytreasury.Ifsomethin’ain’tdoneaboutthat,itmaygohardwiththepartythisfall,andwithsomeofourcontracts.Youdon’twanttoforgetthatanelectioniscomin’alonginNovember.I’mwonderin’ifIoughttocallinthatonehundredthousanddollars.It’sgoin’totakeconsiderablemoneytomeetmyloansinthemornin’."

           Itisacuriousmatterofpsychology,butitwasonlynowthattherealdifficultiesofthesituationwerebeginningtodawnonButler.InthepresenceofCowperwoodhewassoinfluencedbythatyoungman’spersonalityandhismagneticpresentationofhisneedandhisownlikingforhimthathehadnotstoppedtoconsiderallthephasesofhisownrelationshiptothesituation.Outhereinthecoolnightair,talkingtoOwen,whowasambitiousonhisownaccountandanythingbutsentimentallyconsiderateofCowperwood,hewasbeginningtosoberdownandseethingsintheirtruelight.HehadtoadmitthatCowperwoodhadseriouslycompromisedthecitytreasuryandtheRepublicanparty,andincidentallyButler’sownprivateinterests.Nevertheless,helikedCowperwood.Hewasinnowaypreparedtodeserthim.HewasnowgoingtoseeMollenhauerandSimpsonasmuchtosaveCowperwoodreallyasthepartyandhisownaffairs.Andyetascandal.Hedidnotlikethatresentedit.Thisyoungscalawag!Tothinkheshouldbesosly.

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