Фінансист

Chapter XXV

           Hewenttothefrontdoorhimself.TherewerethePressandthePublicLedgerlyingdampfromthepresses.Hepickedthemupandglancedatthefrontpages.Hiscountenancefell.Onone,thePress,wasspreadagreatblackmapofChicago,amostfunereal-lookingthing,theblackportionindicatingtheburnedsection.HehadneverseenamapofChicagobeforeinjustthisclear,definiteway.ThatwhiteportionwasLakeMichigan,andtherewastheChicagoRiverdividingthecityintothreealmostequalportionsthenorthside,thewestside,thesouthside.Hesawatoncethatthecitywascuriouslyarranged,somewhatlikePhiladelphia,andthatthebusinesssectionwasprobablyanareaoftwoorthreemilessquare,setatthejunctureofthethreesides,andlyingsouthofthemainstemoftheriver,whereitflowedintothelakeafterthesouthwestandnorthwestbrancheshadunitedtoformit.Thiswasasignificantcentralarea;but,accordingtothismap,itwasallburnedout."ChicagoinAshes"ranagreatside-headingsetinheavilyleadedblacktype.Itwentontodetailthesufferingsofthehomeless,thenumberofthedead,thenumberofthosewhosefortuneshadbeendestroyed.ThenitdescantedupontheprobableeffectintheEast.Insurancecompaniesandmanufacturersmightnotbeabletomeetthegreatstrainofallthis.

           "Damn!"saidCowperwoodgloomily."IwishIwereoutofthisstock-jobbingbusiness.IwishIhadnevergottenintoit."Hereturnedtohisdrawing-roomandscannedbothaccountsmostcarefully.

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