The New Administration

           OliverMarchbanks,theyouthfulfoxtowhomStimsonhadassignedthetaskoftrappingMr.Slussinsomelegallyunsanctionedact,hadbyscurryingaboutfinallypiecedtogetherenoughofastorytomakeitexceedinglyunpleasantfortheHonorableChaffeeincaseheweretobecomethetoowillingtoolofCowperwood’senemies.TheprincipalagentinthisaffairwasacertainClaudiaCarlstadtadventuress,detectivebydisposition,andasortofsmilingprostituteandhireling,whowasatthesametimeahighlypresentableandexperiencedindividual.Needlesstosay,Cowperwoodknewnothingoftheseminorproceedings,thoughagenialnodfromhiminthebeginninghadsetinmotionthewholemachineryoftrespassinthisrespect.

           ClaudiaCarlstadttheinstrumentoftheHonorableChaffee’sundoingwasblonde,slender,notablyfreshasyet,beingonlytwenty-six,andasruthlessandunconsciouslycruelasonlytheavariciousandunthinkingtypeunthinkinginthelargerphilosophicmeaningofthewordcanbe.Tograspthereasonforherbeing,onewouldhavehadtoseethespiritlessSouthHalsteadStreetworldfromwhichshehadsprungoneofthoseneighborhoodsofold,cracked,andbatteredhouseswhereslatternstrudgetoandfrowithbeer-cansandshuttersswingonbrokenhinges.InheryouthClaudiahadbeenmadeto"rushthegrowler,"tosellnewspapersatthecornerofHalsteadandHarrisonstreets,andtobuycocaineatthenearestdrugstore.

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