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Chapter XLII

           Whyshouldhebotheraboutpetty,picayunemindswhichcouldnotunderstandthis?HewentoverhishistoryforStegerandthejury,andputthesanest,mostcomfortablelightonitthathecould.HehadnotgonetoMr.Stenerinthefirstplace,hesaidhehadbeencalled.HehadnoturgedMr.Stenertoanything.Hehadmerelyshownhimandhisfriendsfinancialpossibilitieswhichtheywereonlytooeagertoseizeupon.Andtheyhadseizeduponthem.(ItwasnotpossibleforShannontodiscoveratthisperiodhowsubtlyhehadorganizedhisstreet-carcompaniessothathecouldhave"shakenout"Stenerandhisfriendswithouttheirbeingabletovoiceasingleprotest,sohetalkedofthesethingsasopportunitieswhichhehadmadeforStenerandothers.Shannonwasnotafinancier,neitherwasSteger.Theyhadtobelieveinaway,thoughtheydoubtedit,partlyparticularlyShannon.)Hewasnotresponsibleforthecustomprevailingintheofficeofthecitytreasurer,hesaid.Hewasabankerandbroker.

           Thejurylookedathim,andbelievedallexceptthismatterofthesixty-thousand-dollarcheck.Whenitcametothatheexplaineditallplausiblyenough.WhenhehadgonetoseeStenerthoseseverallastdays,hehadnotfanciedthathewasreallygoingtofail.HehadaskedStenerforsomemoney,itistruenotsoverymuch,allthingsconsideredonehundredandfiftythousanddollars;but,asStenershouldhavetestified,he(Cowperwood)wasnotdisturbedinhismanner.Stenerhadmerelybeenoneresourceofhis.

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