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Henry
got
up
and
walked
out
into
the
main
entrance
looking
into
Second
Street
.
The
cool
cobble
pavements
,
shaded
from
the
eastern
sun
by
the
wall
of
buildings
on
the
east
--
of
which
his
was
a
part
--
the
noisy
trucks
and
drays
,
the
busy
crowds
hurrying
to
and
fro
,
pleased
him
.
He
looked
at
the
buildings
over
the
way
--
all
three
and
four
stories
,
and
largely
of
gray
stone
and
crowded
with
life
--
and
thanked
his
stars
that
he
had
originally
located
in
so
prosperous
a
neighborhood
.
If
he
had
only
brought
more
property
at
the
time
he
bought
this
!
"
I
wish
that
Cowperwood
boy
would
turn
out
to
be
the
kind
of
man
I
want
,
"
he
observed
to
himself
,
meditatively
.
"
He
could
save
me
a
lot
of
running
these
days
.
"
Curiously
,
after
only
three
or
four
minutes
of
conversation
with
the
boy
,
he
sensed
this
marked
quality
of
efficiency
.
Something
told
him
he
would
do
well
.
The
appearance
of
Frank
Cowperwood
at
this
time
was
,
to
say
the
least
,
prepossessing
and
satisfactory
.
Nature
had
destined
him
to
be
about
five
feet
ten
inches
tall
.
His
head
was
large
,
shapely
,
notably
commercial
in
aspect
,
thickly
covered
with
crisp
,
dark-brown
hair
and
fixed
on
a
pair
of
square
shoulders
and
a
stocky
body
.
Already
his
eyes
had
the
look
that
subtle
years
of
thought
bring
.
They
were
inscrutable
.
You
could
tell
nothing
by
his
eyes
.
He
walked
with
a
light
,
confident
,
springy
step
.
Life
had
given
him
no
severe
shocks
nor
rude
awakenings
.
He
had
not
been
compelled
to
suffer
illness
or
pain
or
deprivation
of
any
kind
.
He
saw
people
richer
than
himself
,
but
he
hoped
to
be
rich
.
His
family
was
respected
,
his
father
well
placed
.
He
owed
no
man
anything
.
Once
he
had
let
a
small
note
of
his
become
overdue
at
the
bank
,
but
his
father
raised
such
a
row
that
he
never
forgot
it
.
"
I
would
rather
crawl
on
my
hands
and
knees
than
let
my
paper
go
to
protest
,
"
the
old
gentleman
observed
;
and
this
fixed
in
his
mind
what
scarcely
needed
to
be
so
sharply
emphasized
--
the
significance
of
credit
.
No
paper
of
his
ever
went
to
protest
or
became
overdue
after
that
through
any
negligence
of
his
.
He
turned
out
to
be
the
most
efficient
clerk
that
the
house
of
Waterman
&
Co.
had
ever
known
.
They
put
him
on
the
books
at
first
as
assistant
bookkeeper
,
vice
Mr.
Thomas
Trixler
,
dismissed
,
and
in
two
weeks
George
said
:
"
Why
do
n't
we
make
Cowperwood
head
bookkeeper
?
He
knows
more
in
a
minute
than
that
fellow
Sampson
will
ever
know
.
"
"
All
right
,
make
the
transfer
,
George
,
but
do
n't
fuss
so
.
"
He
wo
n't
be
a
bookkeeper
long
,
though
.
I
want
to
see
if
he
ca
n't
handle
some
of
these
transfers
for
me
after
a
bit
.
"
The
books
of
Messrs.
Waterman
&
Co.
,
though
fairly
complicated
,
were
child
's
play
to
Frank
.
He
went
through
them
with
an
ease
and
rapidity
which
surprised
his
erstwhile
superior
,
Mr.
Sampson
.
"
Why
,
that
fellow
,
"
Sampson
told
another
clerk
on
the
first
day
he
had
seen
Cowperwood
work
,
"
he
's
too
brisk
.
He
's
going
to
make
a
bad
break
.
I
know
that
kind
.
Wait
a
little
bit
until
we
get
one
of
those
rush
credit
and
transfer
days
.
"
But
the
bad
break
Mr.
Sampson
anticipated
did
not
materialize
.
In
less
than
a
week
Cowperwood
knew
the
financial
condition
of
the
Messrs.
Waterman
as
well
as
they
did
--
better
--
to
a
dollar
.
He
knew
how
their
accounts
were
distributed
;
from
what
section
they
drew
the
most
business
;
who
sent
poor
produce
and
good
--
the
varying
prices
for
a
year
told
that
.
To
satisfy
himself
he
ran
back
over
certain
accounts
in
the
ledger
,
verifying
his
suspicions
.
Bookkeeping
did
not
interest
him
except
as
a
record
,
a
demonstration
of
a
firm
's
life
.
He
knew
he
would
not
do
this
long
.
Something
else
would
happen
;
but
he
saw
instantly
what
the
grain
and
commission
business
was
--
every
detail
of
it
.
He
saw
where
,
for
want
of
greater
activity
in
offering
the
goods
consigned
--
quicker
communication
with
shippers
and
buyers
,
a
better
working
agreement
with
surrounding
commission
men
--
this
house
,
or
,
rather
,
its
customers
,
for
it
had
nothing
,
endured
severe
losses
.
A
man
would
ship
a
tow-boat
or
a
car-load
of
fruit
or
vegetables
against
a
supposedly
rising
or
stable
market
;
but
if
ten
other
men
did
the
same
thing
at
the
same
time
,
or
other
commission
men
were
flooded
with
fruit
or
vegetables
,
and
there
was
no
way
of
disposing
of
them
within
a
reasonable
time
,
the
price
had
to
fall
.
Every
day
was
bringing
its
special
consignments
.
It
instantly
occurred
to
him
that
he
would
be
of
much
more
use
to
the
house
as
an
outside
man
disposing
of
heavy
shipments
,
but
he
hesitated
to
say
anything
so
soon
.
More
than
likely
,
things
would
adjust
themselves
shortly
.
The
Watermans
,
Henry
and
George
,
were
greatly
pleased
with
the
way
he
handled
their
accounts
.
There
was
a
sense
of
security
in
his
very
presence
.
He
soon
began
to
call
Brother
George
's
attention
to
the
condition
of
certain
accounts
,
making
suggestions
as
to
their
possible
liquidation
or
discontinuance
,
which
pleased
that
individual
greatly
.
He
saw
a
way
of
lightening
his
own
labors
through
the
intelligence
of
this
youth
;
while
at
the
same
time
developing
a
sense
of
pleasant
companionship
with
him
.
