Финансист

Chapter LIV

           Hehadadvisedthemtoremoveintohousesmoreinkeepingwiththeirreducedcircumstances,whichtheyhaddonehismotherandfatherandbrothersandsistertoathree-storybrickhouseofaboutthecaliberoftheoldButtonwoodStreethouse,andhiswifetoasmaller,lessexpensivetwo-storyoneonNorthTwenty-firstStreet,nearthepenitentiary,aportionofthemoneysavedoutofthethirty-fivethousanddollarsextractedfromStenerunderfalsepretensesaidingtosustainit.OfcourseallthiswasaterribledescentfromtheGirardAvenuemansionfortheelderCowperwood;forherewasnoneofthefurniturewhichcharacterizedtheothersomewhatgorgeousdomicilemerelystore-bought,ready-madefurniture,andneatbutcheaphangingsandfixturesgenerally.Theassignees,towhomallCowperwood’spersonalpropertybelonged,andtowhomCowperwood,theelder,hadsurrenderedallhisholdings,wouldnotpermitanythingofimportancetoberemoved.Ithadalltobesoldforthebenefitofcreditors.Afewverysmallthings,butonlyafew,hadbeenkept,aseverythinghadbeeninventoriedsometimebefore.OneofthethingswhicholdCowperwoodwantedwashisowndeskwhichFrankhadhaddesignedforhim;butasitwasvaluedatfivehundreddollarsandcouldnotberelinquishedbythesheriffexceptonpaymentofthatsum,orbyauction,andasHenryCowperwoodhadnosuchsumtospare,hehadtoletthedeskgo.

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