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Love and War

           Soitwent,andonecouldseequiteclearlytowhatextenttheinterestsofthepublicfiguredinthemajorityoftheseparticularviewpoints.

           Cowperwood,individual,reliant,utterlyindifferenttooppositionofanykind,wassomewhatangeredbythemannerinwhichhisovertureshadbeenreceived,butstillfeltthatthebestwayoutofhistroubleswastofollowMcKenty’sadviceandgetpowerfirst.Oncehehadhiscable-conduitdown,hisnewcarsrunning,thetunnelrebuilt,brilliantlylighted,andthebridgecrushdisposedof,thepublicwouldseewhatavastchangeforthebetterhadbeenmadeandwouldsupporthim.Finallyallthingswereinreadinessandtheordinancejammedthrough.McKenty,beingalittledubiousoftheoutcome,hadarocking-chairbroughtintothecouncil-chamberitselfduringthehourswhentheordinanceswereupforconsideration.Inthishesat,presumablyasacuriousspectator,actuallyasamasterdictatingthecourseofliquidationinhand.NeitherCowperwoodnoranyoneelseknewofMcKenty’sactionuntiltoolatetointerferewithit.AddisonandVidera,whentheyreadaboutitassneeringlysetforthinthenewscolumnsofthepapers,liftedandthenwrinkledtheireyebrows.

           "Thatlookslikeprettyroughworktome,"commentedAddison."IthoughtMcKentyhadmoretact.That’shisearlyIrishtraining.

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