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Chapter XXV

           

           Mollenhauercasthimaningratiatingsmile,andashesteppedoutSenatorSimpsonwalkedin.

           AmoreinterestingtypeofhiskindthanSenatorMarkSimpsonneverflourishedintheStateofPennsylvania,whichhasbeenproductiveofinterestingtypes.Contrastedwitheitherofthetwomenwhonowgreetedhimwarmlyandshookhishand,hewasphysicallyunimpressive.Hewassmall—fivefeetnineinches,toMollenhauer’ssixfeetandButler’sfivefeeteleveninchesandahalf,andthenhisfacewassmooth,witharecedingjaw.Intheothertwothisfeaturewasprominent.NorwerehiseyesasfrankasthoseofButler,norasdefiantasthoseofMollenhauer;butforsubtletytheywereunmatchedbyeither—deep,strange,receding,cavernouseyeswhichcontemplatedyouasmightthoseofacatlookingoutofadarkhole,andsuggestingalltheartfulnessthathaseverdistinguishedthefelinefamily.Hehadastrangemopofblackhairsweepingdownoverafine,low,whiteforehead,andaskinaspaleandbluishaspoorhealthmightmakeit;buttherewas,nevertheless,residenthereastrange,resistant,capableforcethatruledmen—thesubtletywithwhichheknewhowtofeedcupiditywithhopeandgainandtheruthlessnesswithwhichherepaidthosewhosaidhimnay.Hewasastillman,assuchamanmightwellhavebeen—feebleandfish-likeinhishandshake,wanandslightlylackadaisicalinhissmile,butspeakingalwayswitheyesthatansweredforeverydefect.

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