Финансист

Chapter XXXII

           Concealinghisrecentgriefbehindasjauntyanairaspossible,hebeganwith:

           "It’salivelylifeI’mleadin’,whatwitheverybankinthecitywantin’toknowhowtheirloansaregoin’tobetakencareof."Hetookacigarandstruckamatch.

           "Itdoeslookalittlethreatening,"saidSenatorSimpson,smiling."Sitdown.IhavejustbeentalkingwithAveryStone,ofJayCooke&Company,andhetellsmethatthetalkinThirdStreetaboutStener’sconnectionwiththisCowperwoodfailureisgrowingverystrong,andthatthenewspapersareboundtotakeupthemattershortly,unlesssomethingisdoneaboutit.IamsurethatthenewswillalsoreachMr.Wheat,oftheCitizens’ReformAssociation,veryshortly.Weoughttodecidenow,gentlemen,whatweproposetodo.Onething,Iamsure,istoeliminateStenerfromtheticketasquietlyaspossible.Thisreallylookstomeasifitmightbecomeaveryseriousissue,andweoughttobedoingwhatwecannowtooffsetitseffectlater."

           Mollenhauerpulledalongbreaththroughhiscigar,andblewitoutinarollingsteel-bluecloud.Hestudiedthetapestryontheoppositewallbutsaidnothing.

           "Thereisonethingsure,"continuedSenatorSimpson,afteratime,seeingthatnooneelsespoke,"andthatis,ifwedonotbeginaprosecutiononourownaccountwithinareasonabletime,someoneelseisaptto;andthatwouldputratherabadfaceonthematter.

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