The Recompense

           Youhaveseen,perhaps,amanwhoseheartwasweightedbyagreatwoe.Youhaveseentheeyedarken,thesoulfag,andthespiritcongealunderthebreathofanicydisaster.Atten-thirtyofthisparticulareveningCowperwood,sittingaloneinthelibraryofhisMichiganAvenuehouse,wasbroughtfacetofacewiththefactthathehadlost.Hehadbuiltsomuchonthecastofthissingledie.Itwasuselesstosaytohimselfthathecouldgointothecouncilaweeklaterwithamodifiedordinanceorcouldwaituntilthestormhaddiedout.Herefusedhimselftheseconsolations.Alreadyhehadbattledsolongandsovigorously,byeveryresourceandsubtletywhichhismindhadbeenabletodevise.Allweeklongondiversoccasionshehadstoodinthecouncil-chamberwherethecommitteehadbeenconductingitshearings.Smallcomforttoknowthatbysuits,injunctions,appeals,andwritstointervenehecouldtieupthistransitsituationandleaveitforyearsandyearsthepreyoflawyers,thedespairofthecity,ahopelessmuddlewhichwouldnotbeunraveleduntilheandhisenemiesshouldlongbedead.Thiscontesthadbeensolonginthebrewing,hehadgoneaboutitwithsuchcareyearsbefore.Andnowtheenemyhadbeenheartenedbyagreatvictory.Hisaldermen,powerful,hungry,fightingmenalllikethosepickedsoldiersoftheancientRomanemperorsruthless,conscienceless,asdesperateashimself,hadintheirlastredoubtofpersonalprivilegefallen,weakened,yielded.

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