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Cowperwood
was
referring
to
the
system
under
which
certain
portions
of
city
money
,
like
the
sinking-fund
,
were
permitted
to
be
kept
in
certain
banks
at
a
low
rate
of
interest
or
no
rate
--
banks
in
which
Mollenhauer
and
Butler
and
Simpson
were
interested
.
This
was
their
safe
graft
.
"
Do
n't
throw
your
chances
away
,
George
.
Do
n't
quit
now
.
You
'll
be
worth
millions
in
a
few
years
,
and
you
wo
n't
have
to
turn
a
hand
.
All
you
will
have
to
do
will
be
to
keep
what
you
have
.
If
you
do
n't
help
me
,
mark
my
word
,
they
'll
throw
you
over
the
moment
I
'm
out
of
this
,
and
they
'll
let
you
go
to
the
penitentiary
.
Who
's
going
to
put
up
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
you
,
George
?
Where
is
Mollenhauer
going
to
get
it
,
or
Butler
,
or
anybody
,
in
these
times
?
They
ca
n't
.
They
do
n't
intend
to
.
When
I
'm
through
,
you
're
through
,
and
you
'll
be
exposed
quicker
than
any
one
else
.
They
ca
n't
hurt
me
,
George
.
I
'm
an
agent
.
I
did
n't
ask
you
to
come
to
me
.
You
came
to
me
in
the
first
place
of
your
own
accord
.
If
you
do
n't
help
me
,
you
're
through
,
I
tell
you
,
and
you
're
going
to
be
sent
to
the
penitentiary
as
sure
as
there
are
jails
.
Why
do
n't
you
take
a
stand
,
George
?
Why
do
n't
you
stand
your
ground
?
You
have
your
wife
and
children
to
look
after
.
You
ca
n't
be
any
worse
off
loaning
me
three
hundred
thousand
more
than
you
are
right
now
.
What
difference
does
it
make
--
five
hundred
thousand
or
eight
hundred
thousand
?
It
's
all
one
and
the
same
thing
,
if
you
're
going
to
be
tried
for
it
.
Besides
,
if
you
loan
me
this
,
there
is
n't
going
to
be
any
trial
.
I
'm
not
going
to
fail
.
This
storm
will
blow
over
in
a
week
or
ten
days
,
and
we
'll
be
rich
again
.
For
Heaven
's
sake
,
George
,
do
n't
go
to
pieces
this
way
!
Be
sensible
!
Be
reasonable
!
"
He
paused
,
for
Stener
's
face
had
become
a
jelly-like
mass
of
woe
.
"
I
ca
n't
,
Frank
,
"
he
wailed
.
"
I
tell
you
I
ca
n't
.
They
'll
punish
me
worse
than
ever
if
I
do
that
.
They
'll
never
let
up
on
me
.
You
do
n't
know
these
people
.
"
In
Stener
's
crumpling
weakness
Cowperwood
read
his
own
fate
.
What
could
you
do
with
a
man
like
that
?
How
brace
him
up
?
You
could
n't
!
And
with
a
gesture
of
infinite
understanding
,
disgust
,
noble
indifference
,
he
threw
up
his
hands
and
started
to
walk
out
.
At
the
door
he
turned
.
"
George
,
"
he
said
,
"
I
'm
sorry
.
I
'm
sorry
for
you
,
not
for
myself
.
I
'll
come
out
of
things
all
right
,
eventually
.
I
'll
be
rich
.
But
,
George
,
you
're
making
the
one
great
mistake
of
your
life
.
You
'll
be
poor
;
you
'll
be
a
convict
,
and
you
'll
have
only
yourself
to
blame
.
There
is
n't
a
thing
the
matter
with
this
money
situation
except
the
fire
.
There
is
n't
a
thing
wrong
with
my
affairs
except
this
slump
in
stocks
--
this
panic
.
You
sit
there
,
a
fortune
in
your
hands
,
and
you
allow
a
lot
of
schemers
,
highbinders
,
who
do
n't
know
any
more
of
your
affairs
or
mine
than
a
rabbit
,
and
who
have
n't
any
interest
in
you
except
to
plan
what
they
can
get
out
of
you
,
to
frighten
you
and
prevent
you
from
doing
the
one
thing
that
will
save
your
life
.
Three
hundred
thousand
paltry
dollars
that
in
three
or
four
weeks
from
now
I
can
pay
back
to
you
four
and
five
times
over
,
and
for
that
you
will
see
me
go
broke
and
yourself
to
the
penitentiary
.
I
ca
n't
understand
it
,
George
.
You
're
out
of
your
mind
.
You
're
going
to
rue
this
the
longest
day
that
you
live
.
"
He
waited
a
few
moments
to
see
if
this
,
by
any
twist
of
chance
,
would
have
any
effect
;
then
,
noting
that
Stener
still
remained
a
wilted
,
helpless
mass
of
nothing
,
he
shook
his
head
gloomily
and
walked
out
.
It
was
the
first
time
in
his
life
that
Cowperwood
had
ever
shown
the
least
sign
of
weakening
or
despair
.
He
had
felt
all
along
as
though
there
were
nothing
to
the
Greek
theory
of
being
pursued
by
the
furies
.
Now
,
however
,
there
seemed
an
untoward
fate
which
was
pursuing
him
.
It
looked
that
way
.
Still
,
fate
or
no
fate
,
he
did
not
propose
to
be
daunted
.
Even
in
this
very
beginning
of
a
tendency
to
feel
despondent
he
threw
back
his
head
,
expanded
his
chest
,
and
walked
as
briskly
as
ever
.
