Финансист

Chapter XLIX

           "I’dliketoaccommodatehim,everythingelsebeingequal,butsincethatAlbertsoncasethreeyearsagowe’vehadtorunthisofficemuchmorecareful,and"

           "Oh,Iknow,Sheriff,"interruptedSteger,blandly,"butthisisn’tanordinarycaseinanyway,asyoucanseeforyourself.Mr.Cowperwoodisaveryimportantman,andhehasagreatmanythingstoattendto.Nowifitwereonlyamerematterofseventy-fiveorahundreddollarstosatisfysomecourtclerkwith,ortopayafine,itwouldbeeasyenough,but"Hepausedandlookedwiselyaway,andMr.Jaspers’sfacebegantorelaxatonce.Thelawagainstwhichitwasordinarilysohardtooffendwasnotnowsoimportant.Stegersawthatitwasneedlesstointroduceanyadditionalarguments.

           "It’saveryticklishbusiness,this,Mr.Steger,"putinthesheriff,yieldingly,andyetwithaslightwhimperinhisvoice."Ifanythingweretohappen,itwouldcostmemyplaceallright.Idon’tliketodoitunderanycircumstances,andIwouldn’t,onlyIhappentoknowbothMr.CowperwoodandMr.Stener,andIlike’emboth.Idon’thinktheygottheirrightsinthismatter,either.Idon’tmindmakinganexceptioninthiscaseifMr.Cowperwooddon’tgoabouttoopublicly.Iwouldn’twantanyofthemeninthedistrictattorney’sofficetoknowthis.Idon’tsupposehe’llmindifIkeepadeputysomewherenearallthetimeforlooks’sake.Ihaveto,youknow,really,underthelaw.Hewon’tbotherhimany.Justkeeponguardlike.

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