Финансист

Chapter XLII

           Hewassatisfiedatthattimethathehadmanyothers.HehadnotusedtheforcefullanguageormadetheurgentappealwhichStenersaidhehad,althoughhehadpointedouttoStenerthatitwasamistaketobecomepanic-stricken,alsotowithholdfurthercredit.ItwastruethatStenerwashiseasiest,hisquickestresource,butnothisonlyone.Hethought,asamatteroffact,thathiscreditwouldbegreatlyextendedbyhisprincipalmoneyfriendsifnecessary,andthathewouldhaveampletimetopatchuphisaffairsandkeepthingsgoinguntilthestormshouldblowover.HehadtoldStenerofhisextendedpurchaseofcityloantostaythemarketonthefirstdayofthepanic,andofthefactthatsixtythousanddollarswasduehim.Stenerhadmadenoobjection.Itwasjustpossiblethathewastoomentallydisturbedatthetimetopaycloseattention.Afterthat,tohis,Cowperwood’s,surprise,unexpectedpressureongreatfinancialhousesfromunexpecteddirectionshadcausedthemtobenotwillinglybutunfortunatelyseverewithhim.Thispressure,comingcollectivelythenextday,hadcompelledhimtoclosehisdoors,thoughhehadnotreallyexpectedtouptothelastmoment.Hiscallforthesixty-thousand-dollarcheckatthetimehadbeenpurelyfortuitous.Heneededthemoney,ofcourse,butitwasduehim,andhisclerkswereallverybusy.Hemerelyaskedforandtookitpersonallytosavetime.Stenerknewifithadbeenrefusedhimhewouldhavebroughtsuit.

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