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Chapter XLIII

           Cowperwoodafitpersontoreceivethecheckatthistimeinthemannerhereceivedit—thatis,washeauthorizedagentofthecityatthetime,orwashenot?Washesolvent?Didheactuallyhimselfthinkhewasgoingtofail,andwasthissixty-thousand-dollarcheckalastthinstrawwhichhewasgrabbingattosavehisfinancialliferegardlessofwhatitinvolvedlegally,morally,orotherwise;orhadheactuallypurchasedcertificatesofcityloantotheamounthesaidhehadinthewayhesaidhehad,atthetimehesaidhehad,andwashemerelycollectinghishonestdue?Didheintendtodepositthesecertificatesofloansinthecitysinking-fund,ashesaidhewould—asitwasunderstoodnaturallyandnormallythathewould—ordidhenot?Werehisrelationswiththecitytreasurerasbrokerandagentthesameastheyhadalwaysbeenonthedaythathesecuredthisparticularcheckforsixtythousanddollars,orweretheynot?Hadtheybeenterminatedbyaconversationfifteenminutesbeforeortwodaysbeforeortwoweeksbefore—itmakesnodifferencewhen,solongastheyhadbeenproperlyterminated—orhadtheynot?Abusinessmanhasarighttoabrogateanagreementatanytimewherethereisnospecificformofcontractandnofixedperiodofoperationenteredinto—asyouallmustknow.Youmustnotforgetthatinconsideringtheevidenceinthiscase.DidGeorgeW.Stener,knowingorsuspectingthatFrankA.

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