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"
Go
to
Mollenhauer
,
"
Strobik
had
advised
Stener
,
shortly
after
Cowperwood
had
left
the
latter
's
office
,
"
and
tell
him
the
whole
story
.
He
put
you
here
.
He
was
strong
for
your
nomination
.
Tell
him
just
where
you
stand
and
ask
him
what
to
do
.
He
'll
probably
be
able
to
tell
you
.
Offer
him
your
holdings
to
help
you
out
.
You
have
to
.
You
ca
n't
help
yourself
.
Do
n't
loan
Cowperwood
another
damned
dollar
,
whatever
you
do
.
He
's
got
you
in
so
deep
now
you
can
hardly
hope
to
get
out
.
Ask
Mollenhauer
if
he
wo
n't
help
you
to
get
Cowperwood
to
put
that
money
back
.
He
may
be
able
to
influence
him
.
"
There
was
more
in
this
conversation
to
the
same
effect
,
and
then
Stener
hurried
as
fast
as
his
legs
could
carry
him
to
Mollenhauer
's
office
.
He
was
so
frightened
that
he
could
scarcely
breathe
,
and
he
was
quite
ready
to
throw
himself
on
his
knees
before
the
big
German
--
American
financier
and
leader
.
Oh
,
if
Mr.
Mollenhauer
would
only
help
him
!
If
he
could
just
get
out
of
this
without
going
to
jail
!
"
Oh
,
Lord
!
Oh
,
Lord
!
Oh
,
Lord
!
"
he
repeated
,
over
and
over
to
himself
,
as
he
walked
.
"
What
shall
I
do
?
"
The
attitude
of
Henry
A.
Mollenhauer
,
grim
,
political
boss
that
he
was
--
trained
in
a
hard
school
--
was
precisely
the
attitude
of
every
such
man
in
all
such
trying
circumstances
.
He
was
wondering
,
in
view
of
what
Butler
had
told
him
,
just
how
much
he
could
advantage
himself
in
this
situation
.
If
he
could
,
he
wanted
to
get
control
of
whatever
street-railway
stock
Stener
now
had
,
without
in
any
way
compromising
himself
.
Stener
's
shares
could
easily
be
transferred
on
'
change
through
Mollenhauer
's
brokers
to
a
dummy
,
who
would
eventually
transfer
them
to
himself
(
Mollenhauer
)
.
Stener
must
be
squeezed
thoroughly
,
though
,
this
afternoon
,
and
as
for
his
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
'
indebtedness
to
the
treasury
,
Mollenhauer
did
not
see
what
could
be
done
about
that
.
If
Cowperwood
could
not
pay
it
,
the
city
would
have
to
lose
it
;
but
the
scandal
must
be
hushed
up
until
after
election
.
Stener
,
unless
the
various
party
leaders
had
more
generosity
than
Mollenhauer
imagined
,
would
have
to
suffer
exposure
,
arrest
,
trial
,
confiscation
of
his
property
,
and
possibly
sentence
to
the
penitentiary
,
though
this
might
easily
be
commuted
by
the
governor
,
once
public
excitement
died
down
.
He
did
not
trouble
to
think
whether
Cowperwood
was
criminally
involved
or
not
.
A
hundred
to
one
he
was
not
.
Trust
a
shrewd
man
like
that
to
take
care
of
himself
.
But
if
there
was
any
way
to
shoulder
the
blame
on
to
Cowperwood
,
and
so
clear
the
treasurer
and
the
skirts
of
the
party
,
he
would
not
object
to
that
.
He
wanted
to
hear
the
full
story
of
Stener
's
relations
with
the
broker
first
.
Meanwhile
,
the
thing
to
do
was
to
seize
what
Stener
had
to
yield
.
The
troubled
city
treasurer
,
on
being
shown
in
Mr.
Mollenhauer
's
presence
,
at
once
sank
feebly
in
a
chair
and
collapsed
.
He
was
entirely
done
for
mentally
.
His
nerve
was
gone
,
his
courage
exhausted
like
a
breath
.
"
Well
,
Mr.
Stener
?
"
queried
Mr.
Mollenhauer
,
impressively
,
pretending
not
to
know
what
brought
him
.
"
I
came
about
this
matter
of
my
loans
to
Mr.
Cowperwood
.
"
