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Mount Olympus

           Everyoneofthosenamedandmanymoretothenumberofthirtyrodethusloftilyforthinthehot,dryeveningairandweresoonatthedoorofthelargeandcomfortablehomeofMr.TimothyArneel.

           Thatimportantpersonagewasnotasyetpresenttoreceivehisguests,andneitherwereMessrs.Schryhart,Hand,norMerrill.Itwouldnotbefittingforsucheminentpotentatestoreceivetheirunderlingsinpersononsuchanoccasion.Atthehourappointedthesefourwerestillintheirrespectiveoffices,perfectingseparatelythedetailsoftheplanuponwhichtheyhadagreedandwhich,withashowofinformalityandofmomentaryinspiration,theywouldlaterpresent.Forthetimebeingtheirguestshadtomakethebestoftheirabsence.Drinksandliquorswereserved,butthesewereofsmallcomfort.Arackprovidedforstrawhatswasforsomereasonnotused,everyonepreferringtoretainhisownhead-gear.Againstthebackgroundofwoodpannelingandthechairscoveredwithsummerlinenthecompanypresentedagalleryesquevarietyandinterest.Messrs.HullandStackpole,thecorpsesorvictimsoverwhichthisseriousgatheringwereabouttositinstate,werenotactuallypresentwithintheroom,thoughtheywerewithincallinanotherpartofthehouse,where,ifnecessary,theycouldbereachedandtheiradviceorexplanationsheard.Thispresumablybrilliantassemblageofthefinancialweightandintelligenceofthecityappearedassolemnasowlsunderthepressureofarumoredimpendingfinancialcrisis.

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