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So
several
days
after
he
had
closed
his
doors
,
he
sent
for
Steger
and
told
him
all
about
the
transaction
,
except
that
he
did
not
make
it
clear
that
he
had
not
intended
to
put
the
certificates
in
the
sinking-fund
unless
he
survived
quite
comfortably
.
Harper
Steger
was
a
tall
,
thin
,
graceful
,
rather
elegant
man
,
of
gentle
voice
and
perfect
manners
,
who
walked
always
as
though
he
were
a
cat
,
and
a
dog
were
prowling
somewhere
in
the
offing
.
He
had
a
longish
,
thin
face
of
a
type
that
is
rather
attractive
to
women
.
His
eyes
were
blue
,
his
hair
brown
,
with
a
suggestion
of
sandy
red
in
it
.
He
had
a
steady
,
inscrutable
gaze
which
sometimes
came
to
you
over
a
thin
,
delicate
hand
,
which
he
laid
meditatively
over
his
mouth
.
He
was
cruel
to
the
limit
of
the
word
,
not
aggressively
but
indifferently
;
for
he
had
no
faith
in
anything
.
He
was
not
poor
.
He
had
not
even
been
born
poor
.
He
was
just
innately
subtle
,
with
the
rather
constructive
thought
,
which
was
about
the
only
thing
that
compelled
him
to
work
,
that
he
ought
to
be
richer
than
he
was
--
more
conspicuous
.
Cowperwood
was
an
excellent
avenue
toward
legal
prosperity
.
Besides
,
he
was
a
fascinating
customer
.
Of
all
his
clients
,
Steger
admired
Cowperwood
most
.
"
Let
them
proceed
against
you
,
"
he
said
on
this
occasion
,
his
brilliant
legal
mind
taking
in
all
the
phases
of
the
situation
at
once
.
"
I
do
n't
see
that
there
is
anything
more
here
than
a
technical
charge
.
If
it
ever
came
to
anything
like
that
,
which
I
do
n't
think
it
will
,
the
charge
would
be
embezzlement
or
perhaps
larceny
as
bailee
.
In
this
instance
,
you
were
the
bailee
.
And
the
only
way
out
of
that
would
be
to
swear
that
you
had
received
the
check
with
Stener
's
knowledge
and
consent
.
Then
it
would
only
be
a
technical
charge
of
irresponsibility
on
your
part
,
as
I
see
it
,
and
I
do
n't
believe
any
jury
would
convict
you
on
the
evidence
of
how
this
relationship
was
conducted
.
Still
,
it
might
;
you
never
can
tell
what
a
jury
is
going
to
do
.
All
this
would
have
to
come
out
at
a
trial
,
however
.
The
whole
thing
,
it
seems
to
me
,
would
depend
on
which
of
you
two
--
yourself
or
Stener
--
the
jury
would
be
inclined
to
believe
,
and
on
how
anxious
this
city
crowd
is
to
find
a
scapegoat
for
Stener
.
This
coming
election
is
the
rub
.
If
this
panic
had
come
at
any
other
time
--
"
Cowperwood
waved
for
silence
.
He
knew
all
about
that
.
"
It
all
depends
on
what
the
politicians
decide
to
do
.
I
'm
doubtful
.
The
situation
is
too
complicated
.
It
ca
n't
be
hushed
up
.
"
They
were
in
his
private
office
at
his
house
.
"
What
will
be
will
be
,
"
he
added
.
"
What
would
that
mean
,
Harper
,
legally
,
if
I
were
tried
on
a
charge
of
larceny
as
bailee
,
as
you
put
it
,
and
convicted
?
How
many
years
in
the
penitentiary
at
the
outside
?
"
Steger
thought
a
minute
,
rubbing
his
chin
with
his
hand
.
"
Let
me
see
,
"
he
said
,
"
that
is
a
serious
question
,
is
n't
it
?
The
law
says
one
to
five
years
at
the
outside
;
but
the
sentences
usually
average
from
one
to
three
years
in
embezzlement
cases
.
Of
course
,
in
this
case
--
"
"
I
know
all
about
that
,
"
interrupted
Cowperwood
,
irritably
"
My
case
is
n't
any
different
from
the
others
,
and
you
know
it
.
Embezzlement
is
embezzlement
if
the
politicians
want
to
have
it
so
.
"
He
fell
to
thinking
,
and
Steger
got
up
and
strolled
about
leisurely
.
He
was
thinking
also
.
"
And
would
I
have
to
go
to
jail
at
any
time
during
the
proceedings
--
before
a
final
adjustment
of
the
case
by
the
higher
courts
?
"
Cowperwood
added
,
directly
,
grimly
,
after
a
time
.
