Финансист

Chapter XXXII

           InadditiontheSenatorhadadining-roomdoneaftertheJacobeanideaofartisticexcellence,andawine-cellarwhichthebestofthelocalvintnerslookedafterwithextremecare.Hewasamanwholovedtoentertainlavishly;andwhenhisresidencewasthrownopenforadinner,areception,oraball,thebestoflocalsocietywastobefoundthere.

           TheconferencewasintheSenator’slibrary,andhereceivedhiscolleagueswiththegenialairofonewhohasmuchtogainandlittletolose.Therewerewhiskies,wines,cigarsonthetable,andwhileMollenhauerandSimpsonexchangedthecommonplacesofthedayawaitingthearrivalofButler,theylightedcigarsandkepttheirinmostthoughtstothemselves.

           ItsohappenedthatuponthepreviousafternoonButlerhadlearnedfromMr.DavidPettie,thedistrictattorney,ofthesixty-thousand-dollar-checktransaction.AtthesametimethematterhadbeenbroughttoMollenhauer’sattentionbyStenerhimself.ItwasMollenhauer,notButlerwhosawthatbytakingadvantageofCowperwood’ssituation,hemightsavethelocalpartyfromblame,andatthesametimemostlikelyfleeceCowperwoodoutofhisstreet-railwayshareswithoutlettingButlerorSimpsonknowanythingaboutit.Thethingtodowastoterrorizehimwithaprivatethreatofprosecution.

           Butlerwasnotlonginarriving,andapologizedforthedelay.

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