Enter Hosmer Hand

           ItisneedlesstosaythatthesolemnrageofHand,tosaynothingofthepatheticangerofHaguenin,coupledwiththewrathofRedmondPurdy,whorelatedtoallhissadstory,andofyoungMacDonaldandhisassociatesoftheChicagoGeneralCompany,constitutedanatmospherehighlychargedwithpossibilitiesandpotentfordramaticresults.ThemostseriouselementinthisatpresentwasHosmerHand,who,beingexceedinglywealthyandadirectorinanumberoftheprincipalmercantileandfinancialinstitutionsofthecity,wasinapositiontodoCowperwoodsomerealfinancialharm.Handhadbeenextremelyfondofhisyoungwife.Beingamanofbutfewexperienceswithwomen,itastonishedandenragedhimthatamanlikeCowperwoodshoulddaretoventureonhispreservesinthisrecklessway,shouldtakehisdignitysolightly.Heburnednowwithahot,slowfireofrevenge.

           Thosewhoknowanythingconcerningthefinancialworldanditsgreatadventuresknowhowpreciousisthatreputationforprobity,solidarity,andconservatismonwhichsomanyofthesuccessfulenterprisesoftheworldarebased.Ifmenarenotabsolutelyhonestthemselvestheyatleastwishforandhavefaithinthehonestyofothers.Nosetofmenknowmoreabouteachother,garnermorecarefullyallthestrawsofrumorwhichmayaffectthefinancialandsocialwellbeingofanindividualonewayoranother,keepatightermouthconcerningtheirownaffairsandasharpereyeonthatoftheirneighbors.

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