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An Hour of Defeat

           Thesituation,asatpresentconditioned,wasnotinherentlyfavorableforthebrilliantprogrammehehadoriginallymappedoutforhimself.Tiernan,Kerrigan,andEdstromwerefriendlyasyet;buttheywerealreadymakingextravagantdemands;andthereformersthosewhohadbeenledbythenewspaperstobelievethatCowperwoodwasascoundrelandallhisworksvileweredemandingthatastrictlymoralprogrammebeadheredtoinallthedoingsofcouncil,andthatnojobs,contracts,ordealsofanykindbeenteredintowithoutthefullknowledgeofthenewspapersandofthepublic.Gilgan,evenafterthefirstpost-electionconferencewithhiscolleagues,hadbeguntofeelthathewasbetweenthedevilandthedeepsea,buthewasfeelinghisway,andnotinclinedtobeintoomuchofahurry.

           "It’sratheraflatpropositionyou’remakin’me,"hesaidsoftly,afteratime,"askin’metothrowdownmefriendsthemomentI’vewonavictoryfor’em.It’snotthewayI’vebeenusedtoplayin’politics.Theremaybealotoftruthinwhatyousay.Still,amancan’tbejumpin’aroundlikeacatinabag.Hehastobefaithfultosomebodysometime."Mr.Gilganpaused,considerablynonplussedbyhisownposition.

           "Well,"repliedCowperwood,sympathetically,"thinkitover.It’sdifficultbusiness,thisbusinessofpolitics.I’minit,forone,onlybecauseIhavetobe.Ifyouseeanywayyoucanhelpme,orIcanhelpyou,letmeknow.Inthemeantimedon’ttakeinbadpartwhatI’vejustsaid

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