Финансист

Chapter XL

           StenerhadnoaffectionforCowperwood,ofcourse,lookingonhim,asshedid,astheunscrupulouscauseofherhusband’sdownfall.Theywerenowquitepooragain,abouttomovefromtheirbighouseintocheaperquarters;andthiswasnotpleasingforhertocontemplate.

           JudgePaydersoncameinafteratime,accompaniedbyhisundersizedbutstoutcourtattendant,wholookedmorelikeapouter-pigeonthanahumanbeing;andastheycame,BailiffSparkheaverrappedonthejudge’sdesk,besidewhichhehadbeenslumbering,andmumbled,"Pleaserise!"Theaudiencearose,asistheruleofallcourts.JudgePaydersonstirredamonganumberofbriefsthatwerelyingonhisdesk,andasked,briskly,"What’sthefirstcase,Mr.Protus?"Hewasspeakingtohisclerk.

           Duringthelongandtediousarrangementoftheday’sdocketandwhilethevariousminormotionsoflawyerswerebeingconsidered,thiscourtroomscenestillretainedinterestforCowperwood.Hewassoeagertowin,soincensedattheoutcomeofuntowardeventswhichhadbroughthimhere.Hewasalwaysintenselyirritated,thoughhedidnotshowit,bythewholeprocessoffootingdelaysandqueriesandquibbles,bywhichlegallytheaffairsofmenweretoooftenhampered.

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