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A Franchise Obtained

           EnterMayorSluss,sad,heavy,subdued,shrunken,averydifferentgentlemanfromtheonewhohadtalkedsocavalierlyoverthewiressomefiveandahalfhoursbefore.Grayweather,severecold,andmuchcontemplationofseeminglyirreconcilablefactshadreducedhisspiritsgreatly.Hewasalittlepaleandalittlerestless.Mentaldistresshasareducing,congealingeffect,andMayorSlussseemedsomewhatlessthanhisusualselfinheight,weight,andthickness.Cowperwoodhadseenhimmorethanonceonvariouspoliticalplatforms,buthehadnevermethim.Whenthetroubledmayorenteredhearosecourteouslyandwavedhimtoachair.

           "Sitdown,Mr.Sluss,"hesaid,genially."It’sadisagreeabledayout,isn’tit?Isupposeyouhavecomeinregardtothematterwewerediscussingthismorning?"

           Norwasthiscordialitywhollyassumed.OneoftheprimalinstinctsofCowperwood’snatureforallhischicaneandsubtletywastotakenoroughadvantageofabeatenenemy.Inthehourofvictoryhewasalwayscourteous,bland,gentle,andevensympathetic;hewassoto-day,andquitehonestly,too.

           MayorSlussputdownthehighsugar-loafhatheworeandsaid,grandiosely,aswashismannereveninthedirestextremity:"Well,yousee,Iamhere,Mr.Cowperwood.Whatisityouwishmetodo,exactly?"

           "Nothingunreasonable,Iassureyou,Mr.Sluss,"repliedCowperwood.

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