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The Fruits of Daring

           Asthingsarenowyoucannot,ofyourself,expecttobringtheseoldcompaniestoterms.Theywon’tworkwithyou,asIunderstandit.Itwillrequireanoutsiderlikemyselfsomeoneofinfluence,orperhaps,Ihadbettersay,ofoldstandinginChicago,someonewhoknowsthesepeopletobringaboutthiscombination.Haveyouanyone,doyouthink,whocandoitbetterthanI?"

           "ItisnotatallimpossiblethatIwillfindsomeone,"repliedCowperwood,quiteeasily.

           "Ihardlythinkso;certainlynotasthingsarenow.Theoldcompaniesarenotdisposedtoworkthroughyou,andtheyarethroughme.Don’tyouthinkyouhadbetteracceptmytermsandallowmetogoaheadandclosethismatterup?"

           "Notatallonthatbasis,"repliedCowperwood,quitesimply."Wehaveinvadedtheenemies’countrytoofaranddonetoomuch.ThreeforoneorfourforonewhatevertermsaregiventhestockholdersoftheoldcompaniesisthebestIwilldoaboutthenewshares,andImusthaveone-halfofwhateverisleftformyself.AtthatIwillhavetodividewithothers."(Thiswasnottrueeither.)

           "No,"repliedSchryhart,evasivelyandopposingly,shakinghissquarehead."Itcan’tbedone.Therisksaretoogreat.Imightallowyouone-fourth,possiblyIcan’ttellyet."

           "One-halfornothing,"saidCowperwood,definitely.

           Schryhartgotup."That’sthebestyouwilldo,isit?"heinquired.

           "Theverybest

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