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Stener
stood
there
ridiculously
meditating
when
,
as
a
matter
of
fact
,
his
very
financial
blood
was
oozing
away
.
Yet
he
was
afraid
to
act
.
He
was
afraid
of
Mollenhauer
,
afraid
of
Cowperwood
,
afraid
of
life
and
of
himself
.
The
thought
of
panic
,
loss
,
was
not
so
much
a
definite
thing
connected
with
his
own
property
,
his
money
,
as
it
was
with
his
social
and
political
standing
in
the
community
.
Few
people
have
the
sense
of
financial
individuality
strongly
developed
.
They
do
not
know
what
it
means
to
be
a
controller
of
wealth
,
to
have
that
which
releases
the
sources
of
social
action
--
its
medium
of
exchange
.
They
want
money
,
but
not
for
money
's
sake
.
They
want
it
for
what
it
will
buy
in
the
way
of
simple
comforts
,
whereas
the
financier
wants
it
for
what
it
will
control
--
for
what
it
will
represent
in
the
way
of
dignity
,
force
,
power
.
Cowperwood
wanted
money
in
that
way
;
Stener
not
.
That
was
why
he
had
been
so
ready
to
let
Cowperwood
act
for
him
;
and
now
,
when
he
should
have
seen
more
clearly
than
ever
the
significance
of
what
Cowperwood
was
proposing
,
he
was
frightened
and
his
reason
obscured
by
such
things
as
Mollenhauer
's
probable
opposition
and
rage
,
Cowperwood
's
possible
failure
,
his
own
inability
to
face
a
real
crisis
.
Cowperwood
's
innate
financial
ability
did
not
reassure
Stener
in
this
hour
.
The
banker
was
too
young
,
too
new
.
Mollenhauer
was
older
,
richer
.
So
was
Simpson
;
so
was
Butler
.
These
men
,
with
their
wealth
,
represented
the
big
forces
,
the
big
standards
in
his
world
.
And
besides
,
did
not
Cowperwood
himself
confess
that
he
was
in
great
danger
--
that
he
was
in
a
corner
.
That
was
the
worst
possible
confession
to
make
to
Stener
--
although
under
the
circumstances
it
was
the
only
one
that
could
be
made
--
for
he
had
no
courage
to
face
danger
.
So
it
was
that
now
,
Stener
stood
by
Cowperwood
meditating
--
pale
,
flaccid
;
unable
to
see
the
main
line
of
his
interests
quickly
,
unable
to
follow
it
definitely
,
surely
,
vigorously
--
while
they
drove
to
his
office
.
Cowperwood
entered
it
with
him
for
the
sake
of
continuing
his
plea
.
"
Well
,
George
,
"
he
said
earnestly
,
"
I
wish
you
'd
tell
me
.
Time
's
short
.
We
have
n't
a
moment
to
lose
.
Give
me
the
money
,
wo
n't
you
,
and
I
'll
get
out
of
this
quick
.
We
have
n't
a
moment
,
I
tell
you
.
Do
n't
let
those
people
frighten
you
off
.
They
're
playing
their
own
little
game
;
you
play
yours
.
"
"
I
ca
n't
,
Frank
,
"
said
Stener
,
finally
,
very
weakly
,
his
sense
of
his
own
financial
future
,
overcome
for
the
time
being
by
the
thought
of
Mollenhauer
's
hard
,
controlling
face
.
"
I
'll
have
to
think
.
I
ca
n't
do
it
right
now
.
Strobik
just
left
me
before
I
saw
you
,
and
--
"
"
Good
God
,
George
,
"
exclaimed
Cowperwood
,
scornfully
,
"
do
n't
talk
about
Strobik
!
What
's
he
got
to
do
with
it
?
Think
of
yourself
.
Think
of
where
you
will
be
.
It
's
your
future
--
not
Strobik
's
--
that
you
have
to
think
of
.
"
"
I
know
,
Frank
,
"
persisted
Stener
,
weakly
;
"
but
,
really
,
I
do
n't
see
how
I
can
.
Honestly
I
do
n't
.
You
say
yourself
you
're
not
sure
whether
you
can
come
out
of
things
all
right
,
and
three
hundred
thousand
more
is
three
hundred
thousand
more
.
I
ca
n't
,
Frank
.
I
really
ca
n't
.
It
would
n't
be
right
.
Besides
,
I
want
to
talk
to
Mollenhauer
first
,
anyhow
.
"
"
Good
God
,
how
you
talk
!
"
exploded
Cowperwood
,
angrily
,
looking
at
him
with
ill-concealed
contempt
.
"
Go
ahead
!
See
Mollenhauer
!
Let
him
tell
you
how
to
cut
your
own
throat
for
his
benefit
.
It
wo
n't
be
right
to
loan
me
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
,
but
it
will
be
right
to
let
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
you
have
loaned
stand
unprotected
and
lose
it
.
That
's
right
,
is
n't
it
?
That
's
just
what
you
propose
to
do
--
lose
it
,
and
everything
else
besides
.
I
want
to
tell
you
what
it
is
,
George
--
you
've
lost
your
mind
.
You
've
let
a
single
message
from
Mollenhauer
frighten
you
to
death
,
and
because
of
that
you
're
going
to
risk
your
fortune
,
your
reputation
,
your
standing
--
everything
.
Do
you
really
realize
what
this
means
if
I
fail
?
You
will
be
a
convict
,
I
tell
you
,
George
.
You
will
go
to
prison
.
This
fellow
Mollenhauer
,
who
is
so
quick
to
tell
you
what
not
to
do
now
,
will
be
the
last
man
to
turn
a
hand
for
you
once
you
're
down
.
Why
,
look
at
me
--
I
've
helped
you
,
have
n't
I
?
Have
n't
I
handled
your
affairs
satisfactorily
for
you
up
to
now
?
What
in
Heaven
's
name
has
got
into
you
?
What
have
you
to
be
afraid
of
?
"
