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Chapter XLIII

           Hehandedhisbookkeeperthecheckandforgotallaboutit.Wouldyouimagineabankerwithavastbusinessofthiskinddoinganythingelse?"

           Mr.Stegerpausedforbreathandinquiry,andthen,havingsatisfiedhimselfthathispointhadbeensufficientlymade,hecontinued:

           "Ofcoursetheansweristhatheknewhewasgoingtofail.Well,Mr.Cowperwood’sreplyisthathedidn’tknowanythingofthesort.Hehaspersonallytestifiedherethatitwasonlyatthelastmomentbeforeitactuallyhappenedthatheeitherthoughtorknewofsuchanoccurrence.Why,then,thisallegedrefusaltolethimhavethechecktowhichhewaslegallyentitled?IthinkIknow.IthinkIcangiveareasonifyouwillhearmeout."

           Stegershiftedhispositionandcameatthejuryfromanotherintellectualangle:

           "ItwassimplybecauseMr.GeorgeW.Steneratthattime,owingtoarecentnotablefireandapanic,imaginedforsomereasonperhapsbecauseMr.CowperwoodcautionedhimnottobecomefrightenedoverlocaldevelopmentsgenerallythatMr.Cowperwoodwasgoingtoclosehisdoors;andhavingconsiderablemoneyondepositwithhimatalowrateofinterest,Mr.StenerdecidedthatMr.Cowperwoodmustnothaveanymoremoneynoteventhemoneythatwasactuallyduehimforservicesrendered,andthathadnothingwhatsoevertodowiththemoneyloanedhimbyMr.Stenerattwoandone-halfpercent.Nowisn’tthataridiculoussituation?ButitwasbecauseMr.GeorgeW.

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