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"
Albert
,
"
he
had
said
,
smilingly
,
"
I
tell
you
positively
,
there
's
nothing
in
it
.
You
're
not
responsible
for
delivering
that
check
to
me
.
I
'll
tell
you
what
you
do
,
now
.
Go
and
consult
my
lawyer
--
Steger
.
It
wo
n't
cost
you
a
cent
,
and
he
'll
tell
you
exactly
what
to
do
.
Now
go
on
back
and
do
n't
worry
any
more
about
it
.
I
am
sorry
this
move
of
mine
has
caused
you
so
much
trouble
,
but
it
's
a
hundred
to
one
you
could
n't
have
kept
your
place
with
a
new
city
treasurer
,
anyhow
,
and
if
I
see
any
place
where
you
can
possibly
fit
in
later
,
I
'll
let
you
know
.
"
Another
thing
that
made
Cowperwood
pause
and
consider
at
this
time
was
a
letter
from
Aileen
,
detailing
a
conversation
which
had
taken
place
at
the
Butler
dinner
table
one
evening
when
Butler
,
the
elder
,
was
not
at
home
.
She
related
how
her
brother
Owen
in
effect
had
stated
that
they
--
the
politicians
--
her
father
,
Mollenhauer
,
and
Simpson
,
were
going
to
"
get
him
yet
"
(
meaning
Cowperwood
)
,
for
some
criminal
financial
manipulation
of
something
--
she
could
not
explain
what
--
a
check
or
something
.
Aileen
was
frantic
with
worry
.
Could
they
mean
the
penitentiary
,
she
asked
in
her
letter
?
Her
dear
lover
!
Her
beloved
Frank
!
Could
anything
like
this
really
happen
to
him
?
His
brow
clouded
,
and
he
set
his
teeth
with
rage
when
he
read
her
letter
.
He
would
have
to
do
something
about
this
--
see
Mollenhauer
or
Simpson
,
or
both
,
and
make
some
offer
to
the
city
.
He
could
not
promise
them
money
for
the
present
--
only
notes
--
but
they
might
take
them
.
Surely
they
could
not
be
intending
to
make
a
scapegoat
of
him
over
such
a
trivial
and
uncertain
matter
as
this
check
transaction
!
When
there
was
the
five
hundred
thousand
advanced
by
Stener
,
to
say
nothing
of
all
the
past
shady
transactions
of
former
city
treasurers
!
How
rotten
!
How
political
,
but
how
real
and
dangerous
.
But
Simpson
was
out
of
the
city
for
a
period
of
ten
days
,
and
Mollenhauer
,
having
in
mind
the
suggestion
made
by
Butler
in
regard
to
utilizing
Cowperwood
's
misdeed
for
the
benefit
of
the
party
,
had
already
moved
as
they
had
planned
.
The
letters
were
ready
and
waiting
.
Indeed
,
since
the
conference
,
the
smaller
politicians
,
taking
their
cue
from
the
overlords
,
had
been
industriously
spreading
the
story
of
the
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
,
and
insisting
that
the
burden
of
guilt
for
the
treasury
defalcation
,
if
any
,
lay
on
the
banker
.
The
moment
Mollenhauer
laid
eyes
on
Cowperwood
he
realized
,
however
,
that
he
had
a
powerful
personality
to
deal
with
.
Cowperwood
gave
no
evidence
of
fright
.
He
merely
stated
,
in
his
bland
way
,
that
he
had
been
in
the
habit
of
borrowing
money
from
the
city
treasury
at
a
low
rate
of
interest
,
and
that
this
panic
had
involved
him
so
that
he
could
not
possibly
return
it
at
present
.
"
I
have
heard
rumors
,
Mr.
Mollenhauer
,
"
he
said
,
"
to
the
effect
that
some
charge
is
to
be
brought
against
me
as
a
partner
with
Mr.
Stener
in
this
matter
;
but
I
am
hoping
that
the
city
will
not
do
that
,
and
I
thought
I
might
enlist
your
influence
to
prevent
it
.
My
affairs
are
not
in
a
bad
way
at
all
,
if
I
had
a
little
time
to
arrange
matters
.
I
am
making
all
of
my
creditors
an
offer
of
fifty
cents
on
the
dollar
now
,
and
giving
notes
at
one
,
two
,
and
three
years
;
but
in
this
matter
of
the
city
treasury
loans
,
if
I
could
come
to
terms
,
I
would
be
glad
to
make
it
a
hundred
cents
--
only
I
would
want
a
little
more
time
.
Stocks
are
bound
to
recover
,
as
you
know
,
and
,
barring
my
losses
at
this
time
,
I
will
be
all
right
.
I
realize
that
the
matter
has
gone
pretty
far
already
.
The
newspapers
are
likely
to
start
talking
at
any
time
,
unless
they
are
stopped
by
those
who
can
control
them
.
"
(
He
looked
at
Mollenhauer
in
a
complimentary
way
.
)
"
But
if
I
could
be
kept
out
of
the
general
proceedings
as
much
as
possible
,
my
standing
would
not
be
injured
,
and
I
would
have
a
better
chance
of
getting
on
my
feet
.
It
would
be
better
for
the
city
,
for
then
I
could
certainly
pay
it
what
I
owe
it
.
"
He
smiled
his
most
winsome
and
engaging
smile
.
And
Mollenhauer
seeing
him
for
the
first
time
,
was
not
unimpressed
.
Indeed
he
looked
at
this
young
financial
David
with
an
interested
eye
.
If
he
could
have
seen
a
way
to
accept
this
proposition
of
Cowperwood
's
,
so
that
the
money
offered
would
have
been
eventually
payable
to
him
,
and
if
Cowperwood
had
had
any
reasonable
prospect
of
getting
on
his
feet
soon
,
he
would
have
considered
carefully
what
he
had
to
say
.
For
then
Cowperwood
could
have
assigned
his
recovered
property
to
him
.
As
it
was
,
there
was
small
likelihood
of
this
situation
ever
being
straightened
out
.
The
Citizens
'
Municipal
Reform
Association
,
from
all
he
could
hear
,
was
already
on
the
move
--
investigating
,
or
about
to
,
and
once
they
had
set
their
hands
to
this
,
would
unquestionably
follow
it
closely
to
the
end
.
"
The
trouble
with
this
situation
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
said
,
affably
,
"
is
that
it
has
gone
so
far
that
it
is
practically
out
of
my
hands
.
I
really
have
very
little
to
do
with
it
.
I
do
n't
suppose
,
though
,
really
,
it
is
this
matter
of
the
five-hundred-thousand-dollar
loan
that
is
worrying
you
so
much
,
as
it
is
this
other
matter
of
the
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
you
received
the
other
day
.
Mr.
Stener
insists
that
you
secured
that
illegally
,
and
he
is
very
much
wrought
up
about
it
.
The
mayor
and
the
other
city
officials
know
of
it
now
,
and
they
may
force
some
action
.
I
do
n't
know
.
"
Mollenhauer
was
obviously
not
frank
in
his
attitude
--
a
little
bit
evasive
in
his
sly
reference
to
his
official
tool
,
the
mayor
;
and
Cowperwood
saw
it
.
It
irritated
him
greatly
,
but
he
was
tactful
enough
to
be
quite
suave
and
respectful
.
