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           Arneel,withacogencyofreasoningwhichdidnotatthemomentappearonthesurface,inquired:"DoanyofyouhappentoknowanythinginparticularaboutthestateofMr.Cowperwood’sfinancesatpresent?OfcourseweknowoftheLakeStreet‘L’andtheNorthwestern.Ihearhe’sbuildingahouseinNewYork,andIpresumethat’sdrawingonhimsomewhat.IknowhehasfourhundredthousanddollarsinloansfromtheChicagoCentral;butwhatelsehashe?"

           "Well,there’sthetwohundredthousandheowesthePrairieNational,"pipedupSchrybart,promptly."FromtimetotimeI’veheardofseveralothersumsthatescapemymindjustnow."

           Mr.Merrill,adiplomaticmouseofamangray,Parisian,dandifiedwastwistinginhislargechair,surveyingtheotherswithshrewdthoughsomewhatpropitiatoryeyes.InspiteofhisoldgrudgeagainstCowperwoodbecauseofthelatter’srefusaltofavorhiminthematterofrunningstreet-carlinespasthisstore,hehadalwaysbeeninterestedinthemanasaspectacle.HereallydislikedthethoughtofplottingtoinjureCowperwood.Justthesame,hefeltitincumbenttoplayhispartinsuchacouncilasthis."Myfinancialagent,Mr.Hill,loanedhimseveralhundredthousandnotlongago,"hevolunteered,alittledoubtfully."Ipresumehehasmanyotheroutstandingobligations."

           Mr.Handstirredirritably.

           "Well,he’sowingtheThirdNationalandtheLakeCityasmuchifnotmore,"hecommented.

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