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Now This is Fighting

           

           IntheorganizationoftheHydeParkcompanyCowperwood,becausehenevercaredtoputallhiseggsinonebasket,decidedtosecureasecondlawyerandaseconddummypresident,althoughheproposedtokeepDeSotoSippensasgeneralpracticaladviserforallthreeorfourcompanies.HewasthinkingthismatteroverwhenthereappearedonthesceneaverymuchyoungermanthantheoldGeneral,oneKentBarrowsMcKibben,theonlysonofex-JudgeMarshallScammonMcKibben,oftheStateSupremeCourt.KentMcKibbenwasthirty-threeyearsold,tall,athletic,and,afterafashion,handsome.Hewasnotatallvagueintellectuallythatis,inthematteroftheconductofhisbusinessbutdandifiedandattimesremote.HehadanofficeinoneofthebestblocksinDearbornStreet,whichhereachedinareserved,speculativemoodeverymorningatnine,unlesssomethingimportantcalledhimdown-townearlier.Itsohappenedthathehaddrawnupthedeedsandagreementsforthereal-estatecompanythatsoldCowperwoodhislotsatThirty-seventhStreetandMichiganAvenue,andwhentheywerereadyhejourneyedtothelatter’sofficetoaskiftherewereanyadditionaldetailswhichCowperwoodmightwanttohavetakenintoconsideration.Whenhewasusheredin,Cowperwoodturnedtohimhiskeen,analyticaleyesandsawatonceapersonalityheliked.McKibbenwasjustremoteandartisticenoughtosuithim.Helikedhisclothes,hisagnosticunreadableness,hissocialair.

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