Финансист

Chapter LIV

           Strake,Norton,andEllsworthwereallpresentandboughtliberally.SenatorSimpson,Mollenhauer,andStrobikcametoseewhattheycouldsee.Thesmall-frypoliticianswerethere,enmasse.ButSimpson,calmjudgeofgoodart,securedpracticallythebestofallthatwasoffered.TohimwentthecuriocaseofVenetianglass;onepairoftallblue-and-whiteMohammedancylindricalvases;fourteenexamplesofChinesejade,includingseveralartists’water-dishesandapiercedwindow-screenofthefaintesttingeofgreen.ToMollenhauerwentthefurnitureanddecorationsoftheentry-hallandreception-roomofHenryCowperwood’shouse,andtoEdwardStrobiktwoofCowperwood’sbird’s-eyemaplebedroomsuitesforthemostmodestofprices.AdamDaviswaspresentandsecuredthesecretaireofbuhlwhichtheelderCowperwoodprizedsohighly.ToFletcherNortonwentthefourGreekvasesakylix,awater-jar,andtwoamphoraewhichhehadsoldtoCowperwoodandwhichhevaluedhighly.Variousobjectsofart,includingaSevresdinnerset,aGobelintapestry,BaryebronzesandpicturesbyDetaille,Fortuny,andGeorgeInness,wenttoWalterLeigh,ArthurRivers,JosephZimmerman,JudgeKitchen,HarperSteger,TerrenceRelihan,TrenorDrake,Mr.andMrs.SimeonJones,W.C.Davison,FrewenKasson,FletcherNorton,andJudgeRafalsky.

           Withinfourdaysafterthesalebeganthetwohouseswerebareoftheircontents

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