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The Cataclysm

           "Youhearthedrums,don’tyou?"

           ASecondVoice."Votewrong,Hoberkorn,andsee.Weknowyou."

           AldermanTiernan(tohimself)."Say,that’sprettyrough,ain’tit?"

           TheMayor."Motionoverruled.Thepointisnotwelltaken."

           AldermanGuigler(risingalittlepuzzled)."DowevotenowontheGilleranresolution?"

           AVoice."Youbetyoudo,andyouvoteright."

           TheMayor."Yes.Theclerkwillcalltheroll."

           TheClerk(readingthenames,beginningwiththeA’s)."Altvast?"(pro-Cowperwood).

           AldermanAltvast."Yea."Fearhadconqueredhim.

           AldermanTiernan(toAldermanKerrigan)."Well,there’sonebabydown."

           AldermanKerrigan."Yep."

           "Ballenberg?"(Pro–Cowperwood;themanwhohadintroducedtheordinance.)

           "Yea."

           AldermanTiernan."Say,hasBallenbergweakened?"

           AldermanKerrigan."Itlooksthatway."

           "Canna?"

           "Yea."

           "Fogarty?"

           "Yea."

           AldermanTiernan(nervously)."TheregoesFogarty."

           "Hvranek?"

           "Yea."

           AldermanTiernan."AndHvranek!"

           AldermanKerrigan(referringtothecourageofhiscolleagues)."It’scomingoutoftheirhair."

           Inexactlyeightysecondstheroll-callwasinandCowperwoodhadlost41to25

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