Финансист

Chapter XXXVI

           I’lljusttapandaskthemtocomeout."

           "No.We’lltendtothat.Youstaywhereyouare.You’renotgoingtogetintoanytrouble.Youjuststaywhereyouare,"insistedAlderson.

           HemotionedtoButler,who,however,nowthathehadembarkedonhisgrimtask,wasthinkingthathehadmadeamistake.Whatgoodwoulditdohimtoforcehiswayinandmakehercomeout,unlessheintendedtokillCowperwood?Ifsheweremadetocomedownhere,thatwouldbeenough.Shewouldthenknowthatheknewall.HedidnotcaretoquarrelwithCowperwood,inanypublicway,henowdecided.Hewasafraidto.Hewasafraidofhimself.

           "Lethergo,"hesaidgrimly,doggedlyreferringtoMrs.Davis,"Butwatchher.Tellthegirltocomedown-stairstome."

           Mrs.Davis,realizingonthemomentthatthiswassomefamilytragedy,andhopinginanagonizedwaythatshecouldslipoutofitpeacefully,startedupstairsatoncewithAldersonandhisassistantswhowerecloseathisheels.ReachingthedooroftheroomoccupiedbyCowperwoodandAileen,shetappedlightly.AtthetimeAileenandCowperwoodweresittinginabigarm-chair.AtthefirstknockAileenblanchedandleapedtoherfeet.Usuallynotnervous,to-day,forsomereason,sheanticipatedtrouble.Cowperwood’seyesinstantlyhardened.

           "Don’tbenervous,"hesaid,"nodoubtit’sonlytheservant.I’llgo."

           Hestarted,butAileeninterfered."Wait,"shesaid.

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