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Chapter XXXIX

           Ofcourse,aftertheelectionhadbeenwon,anditappearedthatthepartyhadnotsufferedsomuch,hedidnotunderstandquitewhyitwasthatCowperwoodwasstillsocarefullyincludedintheProceedings;buthehadfaithtobelievethattheleadershadsomejustgroundsfornotlettinghimoff.FromonesourceandanotherhelearnedthatButlerhadsomeprivategrudgeagainstCowperwood.Whatitwasnooneseemedtoknowexactly.ThegeneralimpressionwasthatCowperwoodhadledButlerintosomeunwholesomefinancialtransactions.Anyhow,itwasgenerallyunderstoodthatforthegoodoftheparty,andinordertoteachawholesomelessontodangeroussubordinatesithadbeendecidedtoallowtheseseveralindictmentstotaketheircourse.CowperwoodwastobepunishedquiteasseverelyasStenerforthemoraleffectonthecommunity.Stenerwastobesentencedthemaximumsentenceforhiscrimeinorderthatthepartyandthecourtsshouldappearproperlyrighteous.Beyondthathewastobelefttothemercyofthegovernor,whocouldeasethingsupforhimifhechose,andiftheleaderswished.InthesillymindofthegeneralpublicthevariousjudgesofQuarterSessions,likegirlsincarceratedinboarding-schools,weresupposedintheirserenealoofnessfromlifenottoknowwhatwasgoingoninthesubterraneanrealmofpolitics;buttheyknewwellenough,and,knowingparticularlywellfromwhencecametheircontinuedpositionandauthority,theyweredulygrateful.

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