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Chapter XXXIII

           

           AnotherthingthatmadeCowperwoodpauseandconsideratthistimewasaletterfromAileen,detailingaconversationwhichhadtakenplaceattheButlerdinnertableoneeveningwhenButler,theelder,wasnotathome.SherelatedhowherbrotherOwenineffecthadstatedthattheythepoliticiansherfather,Mollenhauer,andSimpson,weregoingto"gethimyet"(meaningCowperwood),forsomecriminalfinancialmanipulationofsomethingshecouldnotexplainwhatacheckorsomething.Aileenwasfranticwithworry.Couldtheymeanthepenitentiary,sheaskedinherletter?Herdearlover!HerbelovedFrank!Couldanythinglikethisreallyhappentohim?

           Hisbrowclouded,andhesethisteethwithragewhenhereadherletter.HewouldhavetodosomethingaboutthisseeMollenhauerorSimpson,orboth,andmakesomeoffertothecity.Hecouldnotpromisethemmoneyforthepresentonlynotesbuttheymighttakethem.Surelytheycouldnotbeintendingtomakeascapegoatofhimoversuchatrivialanduncertainmatterasthischecktransaction!WhentherewasthefivehundredthousandadvancedbyStener,tosaynothingofallthepastshadytransactionsofformercitytreasurers!Howrotten!Howpolitical,buthowrealanddangerous.

           ButSimpsonwasoutofthecityforaperiodoftendays,andMollenhauer,havinginmindthesuggestionmadebyButlerinregardtoutilizingCowperwood’smisdeedforthebenefitoftheparty,hadalreadymovedastheyhadplanned.

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