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"
And
do
n't
worry
about
me
.
I
'll
be
all
right
.
"
He
barely
had
time
to
straighten
his
tie
,
to
assume
a
nonchalant
attitude
by
the
window
,
when
in
hurried
Stener
's
chief
clerk
--
pale
,
disturbed
,
obviously
out
of
key
with
himself
.
"
Mr.
Cowperwood
!
You
know
that
check
I
gave
you
last
night
?
Mr.
Stener
says
it
's
illegal
,
that
I
should
n't
have
given
it
to
you
,
that
he
will
hold
me
responsible
.
He
says
I
can
be
arrested
for
compounding
a
felony
,
and
that
he
will
discharge
me
and
have
me
sent
to
prison
if
I
do
n't
get
it
back
.
Oh
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
I
am
only
a
young
man
!
I
'm
just
really
starting
out
in
life
.
I
've
got
my
wife
and
little
boy
to
look
after
.
You
wo
n't
let
him
do
that
to
me
?
You
'll
give
me
that
check
back
,
wo
n't
you
?
I
ca
n't
go
back
to
the
office
without
it
.
He
says
you
're
going
to
fail
,
and
that
you
knew
it
,
and
that
you
have
n't
any
right
to
it
.
"
Cowperwood
looked
at
him
curiously
.
He
was
surprised
at
the
variety
and
character
of
these
emissaries
of
disaster
.
Surely
,
when
troubles
chose
to
multiply
they
had
great
skill
in
presenting
themselves
in
rapid
order
.
Stener
had
no
right
to
make
any
such
statement
.
The
transaction
was
not
illegal
.
The
man
had
gone
wild
.
True
,
he
,
Cowperwood
,
had
received
an
order
after
these
securities
were
bought
not
to
buy
or
sell
any
more
city
loan
,
but
that
did
not
invalidate
previous
purchases
.
Stener
was
browbeating
and
frightening
his
poor
underling
,
a
better
man
than
himself
,
in
order
to
get
back
this
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
.
What
a
petty
creature
he
was
!
How
true
it
was
,
as
somebody
had
remarked
,
that
you
could
not
possibly
measure
the
petty
meannesses
to
which
a
fool
could
stoop
!
"
You
go
back
to
Mr.
Stener
,
Albert
,
and
tell
him
that
it
ca
n't
be
done
.
The
certificates
of
loan
were
purchased
before
his
order
arrived
,
and
the
records
of
the
exchange
will
prove
it
.
There
is
no
illegality
here
.
I
am
entitled
to
that
check
and
could
have
collected
it
in
any
qualified
court
of
law
.
The
man
has
gone
out
of
his
head
.
I
have
n't
failed
yet
.
You
are
not
in
any
danger
of
any
legal
proceedings
;
and
if
you
are
,
I
'll
help
defend
you
.
I
ca
n't
give
you
the
check
back
because
I
have
n't
it
to
give
;
and
if
I
had
,
I
would
n't
.
That
would
be
allowing
a
fool
to
make
a
fool
of
me
.
I
'm
sorry
,
very
,
but
I
ca
n't
do
anything
for
you
.
"
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
!
"
Tears
were
in
Stires
's
eyes
.
"
He
'll
discharge
me
!
He
'll
forfeit
my
sureties
.
I
'll
be
turned
out
into
the
street
.
I
have
only
a
little
property
of
my
own
--
outside
of
my
salary
!
"
He
wrung
his
hands
,
and
Cowperwood
shook
his
head
sadly
.
"
This
is
n't
as
bad
as
you
think
,
Albert
.
He
wo
n't
do
what
he
says
.
He
ca
n't
.
It
's
unfair
and
illegal
.
You
can
bring
suit
and
recover
your
salary
.
I
'll
help
you
in
that
as
much
as
I
'm
able
.
But
I
ca
n't
give
you
back
this
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
,
because
I
have
n't
it
to
give
.
I
could
n't
if
I
wanted
to
.
It
is
n't
here
any
more
.
I
've
paid
for
the
securities
I
bought
with
it
.
The
securities
are
not
here
.
They
're
in
the
sinking-fund
,
or
will
be
.
"
