Финансист

Chapter LVII

           Itwasreallynotpossibletoletouttheoneandignoretheother;andthispetition,coupledwithButler’sdeath,clearedthewayverynicely.

           Nevertheless,nothingwasdoneuntiltheMarchfollowingButler’sdeath,whenbothStenerandCowperwoodhadbeenincarceratedthirteenmonthsalengthoftimewhichseemedquitesufficienttoappeasetheangerofthepublicatlarge.InthisperiodStenerhadundergoneaconsiderablechangephysicallyandmentally.Inspiteofthefactthatanumberoftheminoraldermen,whohadprofitedinvariouswaysbyhislargess,calledtoseehimoccasionally,andthathehadbeengiven,asitwere,almostthelibertyoftheplace,andthathisfamilyhadnotbeenallowedtosuffer,neverthelessherealizedthathispoliticalandsocialdayswereover.Somebodymightnowoccasionallysendhimabasketoffruitandassurehimthathewouldnotbecompelledtosuffermuchlonger;butwhenhedidgetout,heknewthathehadnothingtodependonsavehisexperienceasaninsuranceagentandreal-estatedealer.Thathadbeenprecariousenoughinthedayswhenhewastryingtogetsomesmallpoliticalfoothold.Howwoulditbewhenhewasknownonlyasthemanwhohadlootedthetreasuryoffivehundredthousanddollarsandbeensenttothepenitentiaryforfiveyears?Whowouldlendhimthemoneywherewithtogetalittlestart,evensomuchasfourorfivethousanddollars?Thepeoplewhowerecallingtopaytheirrespectsnowandthen,andtoassurehimthathehadbeenbadlytreated?Never.

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