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Chapter XXV

           

           Then,thoughitwasstillearly,heandhisfatherdrovetohisoffice.Therewerealreadymessagesawaitinghim,adozenormore,tocancelorsell.Whilehewasstandingthereamessenger-boybroughthimthreemore.OnewasfromStenerandsaidthathewouldbebackbytwelveo’clock,theveryearliesthecouldmakeit.Cowperwoodwasrelievedandyetdistressed.Hewouldneedlargesumsofmoneytomeetvariousloansbeforethree.Everyhourwasprecious.HemustarrangetomeetSteneratthestationandtalktohimbeforeanyoneelseshouldseehim.Clearlythiswasgoingtobeahard,dreary,strenuousday.

           ThirdStreet,bythetimehereachedthere,wasstirringwithotherbankersandbrokerscalledforthbytheexigenciesoftheoccasion.Therewasasuspicioushurryingoffeetthatintensitywhichmakesallthedifferenceintheworldbetweenahundredpeopleplacidandahundredpeopledisturbed.Attheexchange,theatmospherewasfeverish.Atthesoundofthegong,thestaccatouproarbegan.Itsmetallicvibrationswerestillintheairwhenthetwohundredmenwhocomposedthislocalorganizationatitsutmoststressofcalculation,threwthemselvesuponeachotherinagibberingstruggletodisposeoforseizebargainsofthehour.Theinterestsweresovariedthatitwasimpossibletosayatwhichpoleitwasbesttosellorbuy.

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