Финансист

Chapter XXV

           TheSenatorreflectedonwhetherheshouldbroachsomesuchsubtlesolutionofthesituationashadoccurredtohimtohiscolleagues,buthedecidednot.ReallyMollenhauerwastootreacherousamantoworkwithonathingofthiskind.Itwasasplendidchancebutdangerous.Hehadbettergoitalone.ForthepresenttheyshoulddemandofStenerthathegetCowperwoodtoreturnthefivehundredthousanddollarsifhecould.Ifnot,Stenercouldbesacrificedforthebenefitoftheparty,ifneedbe.Cowperwood’sstocks,withthistipastohiscondition,would,Simpsonreflected,offeragoodopportunityforalittlestock-exchangeworkonthepartofhisownbrokers.TheycouldspreadrumorsastoCowperwood’sconditionandthenoffertotakehissharesoffhishandsforasong,ofcourse.ItwasanevilmomentthatledCowperwoodtoButler.

           "Well,now,"saidtheSenator,afteraprolongedsilence,"ImightsympathizewithMr.Cowperwoodinhissituation,andIcertainlydon’tblamehimforbuyingupstreet-railwaysifhecan;butIreallydon’tseewhatcanbedoneforhimverywellinthiscrisis.Idon’tknowaboutyou,gentlemen,butIamrathercertainthatIamnotinapositiontopickotherpeople’schestnutsoutofthefireifIwantedto,justnow.Italldependsonwhetherwefeelthatthedangertothepartyissufficienttowarrantourgoingdownintoourpocketsandassistinghim."

           AtthementionofrealmoneytobeloanedMollenhauerpulledalongface.

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