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"
How
are
you
,
Mr.
Steger
?
"
he
observed
,
smiling
blandly
.
"
How
are
you
?
Glad
to
see
you
.
Wo
n't
you
sit
down
?
I
suppose
you
're
round
here
again
on
that
Cowperwood
matter
.
I
just
received
word
from
the
district
attorney
that
he
had
lost
his
case
.
"
"
That
's
it
,
Sheriff
,
"
replied
Steger
,
ingratiatingly
.
"
He
asked
me
to
step
around
and
see
what
you
wanted
him
to
do
in
the
matter
.
Judge
Payderson
has
just
fixed
the
sentence
time
for
Monday
morning
at
ten
o'clock
.
I
do
n't
suppose
you
'll
be
much
put
out
if
he
does
n't
show
up
here
before
Monday
at
eight
o'clock
,
will
you
,
or
Sunday
night
,
anyhow
?
He
's
perfectly
reliable
,
as
you
know
.
"
Steger
was
sounding
Jaspers
out
,
politely
trying
to
make
the
time
of
Cowperwood
's
arrival
a
trivial
matter
in
order
to
avoid
paying
the
hundred
dollars
,
if
possible
.
But
Jaspers
was
not
to
be
so
easily
disposed
of
.
His
fat
face
lengthened
considerably
.
How
could
Steger
ask
him
such
a
favor
and
not
even
suggest
the
slightest
form
of
remuneration
?
"
It
's
ag
'
in
'
the
law
,
Mr.
Steger
,
as
you
know
,
"
he
began
,
cautiously
and
complainingly
.
"
I
'd
like
to
accommodate
him
,
everything
else
being
equal
,
but
since
that
Albertson
case
three
years
ago
we
've
had
to
run
this
office
much
more
careful
,
and
--
"
"
Oh
,
I
know
,
Sheriff
,
"
interrupted
Steger
,
blandly
,
"
but
this
is
n't
an
ordinary
case
in
any
way
,
as
you
can
see
for
yourself
.
Mr.
Cowperwood
is
a
very
important
man
,
and
he
has
a
great
many
things
to
attend
to
.
Now
if
it
were
only
a
mere
matter
of
seventy-five
or
a
hundred
dollars
to
satisfy
some
court
clerk
with
,
or
to
pay
a
fine
,
it
would
be
easy
enough
,
but
--
"
He
paused
and
looked
wisely
away
,
and
Mr.
Jaspers
's
face
began
to
relax
at
once
.
The
law
against
which
it
was
ordinarily
so
hard
to
offend
was
not
now
so
important
.
Steger
saw
that
it
was
needless
to
introduce
any
additional
arguments
.
"
It
's
a
very
ticklish
business
,
this
,
Mr.
Steger
,
"
put
in
the
sheriff
,
yieldingly
,
and
yet
with
a
slight
whimper
in
his
voice
.
"
If
anything
were
to
happen
,
it
would
cost
me
my
place
all
right
.
I
do
n't
like
to
do
it
under
any
circumstances
,
and
I
would
n't
,
only
I
happen
to
know
both
Mr.
Cowperwood
and
Mr.
Stener
,
and
I
like
'em
both
.
I
don
'
think
they
got
their
rights
in
this
matter
,
either
.
I
do
n't
mind
making
an
exception
in
this
case
if
Mr.
Cowperwood
do
n't
go
about
too
publicly
.
I
would
n't
want
any
of
the
men
in
the
district
attorney
's
office
to
know
this
.
I
do
n't
suppose
he
'll
mind
if
I
keep
a
deputy
somewhere
near
all
the
time
for
looks
'
sake
.
I
have
to
,
you
know
,
really
,
under
the
law
.
He
wo
n't
bother
him
any
.
Just
keep
on
guard
like
.
"
Jaspers
looked
at
Mr.
Steger
very
flatly
and
wisely
--
almost
placatingly
under
the
circumstances
--
and
Steger
nodded
.
"
Quite
right
,
Sheriff
,
quite
right
.
You
're
quite
right
,
"
and
he
drew
out
his
purse
while
the
sheriff
led
the
way
very
cautiously
back
into
his
library
.
"
I
'd
like
to
show
you
the
line
of
law-books
I
'm
fixing
up
for
myself
in
here
,
Mr.
Steger
,
"
he
observed
,
genially
,
but
meanwhile
closing
his
fingers
gently
on
the
small
roll
of
ten-dollar
bills
Steger
was
handing
him
.
"
We
have
occasional
use
for
books
of
that
kind
here
,
as
you
see
.
I
thought
it
a
good
sort
of
thing
to
have
them
around
.
"
He
waved
one
arm
comprehensively
at
the
line
of
State
reports
,
revised
statutes
,
prison
regulations
,
etc.
,
the
while
he
put
the
money
in
his
pocket
and
Steger
pretended
to
look
.
"
A
good
idea
,
I
think
,
Sheriff
.
Very
good
,
indeed
.
So
you
think
if
Mr.
Cowperwood
gets
around
here
very
early
Monday
morning
,
say
eight
or
eight-thirty
,
that
it
will
be
all
right
?
"
