Финансист

Chapter LVI

           Itwashardinaway,butpurelyfromanemotionalpointofview.Hewasnotdoingheranyessentialinjustice,hereasonednotaneconomiconewhichwastheimportantthing.Shewasangryto-day,butshewouldgetoverit,andintimemightcometoseehispointofview.Whocouldtell?Atanyratehehadmadeitplaintoherwhatheintendedtodoandthatwassomethingashesawit.Heremindedoneofnothingsomuch,ashestoodthere,asofayoungchickenpickingitswayoutoftheshellofanoldestate.Althoughhewasinacellofapenitentiary,withnearlyfouryearsmoretoserve,yetobviouslyhefelt,withinhimself,thatthewholeworldwasstillbeforehim.HecouldgowestifhecouldnotreestablishhimselfinPhiladelphia;buthemuststayherelongenoughtowintheapprovalofthosewhohadknownhimformerlytoobtain,asitwere,aletterofcreditwhichhecouldcarrytootherparts.

           "Hardwordsbreaknobones,"hesaidtohimself,ashiswifewentout."Aman’sneverdonetillhe’sdone.I’llshowsomeofthesepeopleyet."OfBonhag,whocametoclosethecelldoor,heaskedwhetheritwasgoingtorain,itlookedsodarkinthehall.

           "It’ssuretobeforenight,"repliedBonhag,whowasalwayswonderingoverCowperwood’stangledaffairsasheheardthemretailedhereandthere.

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