Финансист

Chapter XXXI

           Thefactoftheirabsencewasamatterofsource.Heponderedoverthesituationagooddeal.Thethingtodo,hethought,ifhewenttoMollenhauerorSimpson,orboth(hehadnevermeteitherofthem,butinviewofButler’sdesertiontheywerehisonlyrecourse),wastosaythat,althoughhecouldnotatpresentreturnthefivehundredthousanddollars,ifnoactionweretakenagainsthimnow,whichwouldpreventhisresuminghisbusinessonanormalscalealittlelater,hewouldpledgehiswordthateverydollaroftheinvolvedfivehundredthousanddollarswouldeventuallybereturnedtothetreasury.Iftheyrefused,andinjurywasdonehim,heproposedtoletthemwaituntilhewas"goodandready,"whichinallprobabilitywouldbenever.But,really,itwasnotquiteclearhowactionagainsthimwastobepreventedevenbythem.Themoneywasdownonhisbooksasowingthecitytreasury,anditwasdownonthecitytreasury’sbooksasowingfromhim.Besides,therewasalocalorganizationknownastheCitizens’MunicipalReformAssociationwhichoccasionallyconductedinvestigationsinconnectionwithpublicaffairs.Hisdefalcationwouldbesuretocometotheearsofthisbodyandapublicinvestigationmightwellfollow.Variousprivateindividualsknewofitalready.Hiscreditors,forinstance,whowerenowexamininghisbooks.

           ThismatterofseeingMollenhauerorSimpson,orboth,wasimportant,anyhow,hethought;butbeforedoingsohedecidedtotalkitalloverwithHarperSteger.

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