Финансист

Chapter L

           

           CowperwoodwantedRelihantoapproachthenewspapersandseeifhecouldnotreadjusttheirattitudesoastoworktogethimout,andhewantedWalterLeightoheadthemovementofgettingupasignedpetitionwhichshouldcontainalltheimportantnamesofmoneyedpeopleandothers,askingtheGovernortoreleasehim.Leighagreedtothisheartily,asdidRelihan,andmanyothers.

           And,afterwardstherewasreallynothingelsetodo,unlessitwastoseeAileenoncemore,andthis,inthemidstofhisothercomplicationsandobligations,seemedallbutimpossibleattimesandyethedidachievethat,toosoeagerwashetobesoothedandcomfortedbytheignorantandyetallembracingvolumeofherlove.Hereyesthesedays!Theeager,burningquestofhimandhishappinessthatblazedinthem.TothinkthatheshouldbetorturedsoherFrank!Oh,sheknewwhateverhesaid,andhoweverbravelyandjauntilyhetalked.Tothinkthatherloveforhimshouldhavebeentheprincipalcauseofhisbeingsenttojail,asshenowbelieved.Andthecrueltyofherfather!AndthesmallnessofhisenemiesthatfoolStener,forinstance,whosepicturesshehadseeninthepapers.Actually,wheneverinthepresenceofherFrank,shefairlyseethedinachemicagonyforhimherstrong,handsomeloverthestrongest,bravest,wisest,kindest,handsomestmanintheworld.Oh,didn’tsheknow!AndCowperwood,lookinginhereyesandrealizingthisreasonless,ifsocomfortingfeverforhim,smiledandwastouched.

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