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He
did
not
permit
any
of
them
to
come
into
personal
contact
with
him
,
but
he
saw
to
it
that
underlings
in
his
presence
carried
out
the
requirements
of
the
law
.
When
Cowperwood
entered
,
dressed
in
his
very
good
clothing
--
a
dark
gray-blue
twill
suit
of
pure
wool
,
a
light
,
well-made
gray
overcoat
,
a
black
derby
hat
of
the
latest
shape
,
his
shoes
new
and
of
good
leather
,
his
tie
of
the
best
silk
,
heavy
and
conservatively
colored
,
his
hair
and
mustache
showing
the
attention
of
an
intelligent
barber
,
and
his
hands
well
manicured
--
the
receiving
overseer
saw
at
once
that
he
was
in
the
presence
of
some
one
of
superior
intelligence
and
force
,
such
a
man
as
the
fortune
of
his
trade
rarely
brought
into
his
net
.
Cowperwood
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
room
without
apparently
looking
at
any
one
or
anything
,
though
he
saw
all
.
"
Convict
number
3633
,
"
Kendall
called
to
a
clerk
,
handing
him
at
the
same
time
a
yellow
slip
of
paper
on
which
was
written
Cowperwood
's
full
name
and
his
record
number
,
counting
from
the
beginning
of
the
penitentiary
itself
.
The
underling
,
a
convict
,
took
it
and
entered
it
in
a
book
,
reserving
the
slip
at
the
same
time
for
the
penitentiary
"
runner
"
or
"
trusty
,
"
who
would
eventually
take
Cowperwood
to
the
"
manners
"
gallery
.
"
You
will
have
to
take
off
your
clothes
and
take
a
bath
,
"
said
Kendall
to
Cowperwood
,
eyeing
him
curiously
.
"
I
do
n't
suppose
you
need
one
,
but
it
's
the
rule
.
"
"
Thank
you
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
pleased
that
his
personality
was
counting
for
something
even
here
.
"
Whatever
the
rules
are
,
I
want
to
obey
.
"
When
he
started
to
take
off
his
coat
,
however
,
Kendall
put
up
his
hand
delayingly
and
tapped
a
bell
.
There
now
issued
from
an
adjoining
room
an
assistant
,
a
prison
servitor
,
a
weird-looking
specimen
of
the
genus
"
trusty
.
"
He
was
a
small
,
dark
,
lopsided
individual
,
one
leg
being
slightly
shorter
,
and
therefore
one
shoulder
lower
,
than
the
other
.
He
was
hollow-chested
,
squint-eyed
,
and
rather
shambling
,
but
spry
enough
withal
.
He
was
dressed
in
a
thin
,
poorly
made
,
baggy
suit
of
striped
jeans
,
the
prison
stripes
of
the
place
,
showing
a
soft
roll-collar
shirt
underneath
,
and
wearing
a
large
,
wide-striped
cap
,
peculiarly
offensive
in
its
size
and
shape
to
Cowperwood
.
He
could
not
help
thinking
how
uncanny
the
man
's
squint
eyes
looked
under
its
straight
outstanding
visor
.
The
trusty
had
a
silly
,
sycophantic
manner
of
raising
one
hand
in
salute
.
He
was
a
professional
"
second-story
man
,
"
"
up
"
for
ten
years
,
but
by
dint
of
good
behavior
he
had
attained
to
the
honor
of
working
about
this
office
without
the
degrading
hood
customary
for
prisoners
to
wear
over
the
cap
.
For
this
he
was
properly
grateful
.
He
now
considered
his
superior
with
nervous
dog-like
eyes
,
and
looked
at
Cowperwood
with
a
certain
cunning
appreciation
of
his
lot
and
a
show
of
initial
mistrust
.
One
prisoner
is
as
good
as
another
to
the
average
convict
;
as
a
matter
of
fact
,
it
is
their
only
consolation
in
their
degradation
that
all
who
come
here
are
no
better
than
they
.
The
world
may
have
misused
them
;
but
they
misuse
their
confreres
in
their
thoughts
.
The
"
holier
than
thou
"
attitude
,
intentional
or
otherwise
,
is
quite
the
last
and
most
deadly
offense
within
prison
walls
.
This
particular
"
trusty
"
could
no
more
understand
Cowperwood
than
could
a
fly
the
motions
of
a
fly-wheel
;
but
with
the
cocky
superiority
of
the
underling
of
the
world
he
did
not
hesitate
to
think
that
he
could
.
A
crook
was
a
crook
to
him
--
Cowperwood
no
less
than
the
shabbiest
pickpocket
.
His
one
feeling
was
that
he
would
like
to
demean
him
,
to
pull
him
down
to
his
own
level
.
"
You
will
have
to
take
everything
you
have
out
of
your
pockets
,
"
Kendall
now
informed
Cowperwood
.
Ordinarily
he
would
have
said
,
"
Search
the
prisoner
.
"
