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"
Five
million
!
"
Butler
sat
up
.
"
Man
,
what
are
you
talking
about
?
That
's
a
good
deal
of
money
.
Where
are
you
going
to
sell
all
that
?
"
"
I
want
to
bid
for
five
million
,
"
assuaged
Cowperwood
,
softly
.
"
I
only
want
one
million
but
I
want
the
prestige
of
putting
in
a
bona
fide
bid
for
five
million
.
It
will
do
me
good
on
the
street
.
"
Butler
sank
back
somewhat
relieved
.
"
Five
million
!
Prestige
!
You
want
one
million
.
Well
,
now
,
that
's
different
.
That
's
not
such
a
bad
idea
.
We
ought
to
be
able
to
get
that
.
"
He
rubbed
his
chin
some
more
and
stared
into
the
fire
.
And
Cowperwood
felt
confident
when
he
left
the
house
that
evening
that
Butler
would
not
fail
him
but
would
set
the
wheels
working
.
Therefore
,
he
was
not
surprised
,
and
knew
exactly
what
it
meant
,
when
a
few
days
later
he
was
introduced
to
City
Treasurer
Julian
Bode
,
who
promised
to
introduce
him
to
State
Treasurer
Van
Nostrand
and
to
see
that
his
claims
to
consideration
were
put
before
the
people
.
"
Of
course
,
you
know
,
"
he
said
to
Cowperwood
,
in
the
presence
of
Butler
,
for
it
was
at
the
latter
's
home
that
the
conference
took
place
,
"
this
banking
crowd
is
very
powerful
.
You
know
who
they
are
.
They
do
n't
want
any
interference
in
this
bond
issue
business
.
I
was
talking
to
Terrence
Relihan
,
who
represents
them
up
there
"
--
meaning
Harrisburg
,
the
State
capital
--
"
and
he
says
they
wo
n't
stand
for
it
at
all
.
You
may
have
trouble
right
here
in
Philadelphia
after
you
get
it
--
they
're
pretty
powerful
,
you
know
.
Are
you
sure
just
where
you
can
place
it
?
"
"
Yes
,
I
'm
sure
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
.
"
Well
,
the
best
thing
in
my
judgment
is
not
to
say
anything
at
all
.
Just
put
in
your
bid
.
Van
Nostrand
,
with
the
governor
's
approval
,
will
make
the
award
.
We
can
fix
the
governor
,
I
think
.
After
you
get
it
they
may
talk
to
you
personally
,
but
that
's
your
business
.
"
Cowperwood
smiled
his
inscrutable
smile
.
There
were
so
many
ins
and
outs
to
this
financial
life
.
It
was
an
endless
network
of
underground
holes
,
along
which
all
sorts
of
influences
were
moving
.
A
little
wit
,
a
little
nimbleness
,
a
little
luck-time
and
opportunity
--
these
sometimes
availed
.
Here
he
was
,
through
his
ambition
to
get
on
,
and
nothing
else
,
coming
into
contact
with
the
State
treasurer
and
the
governor
.
They
were
going
to
consider
his
case
personally
,
because
he
demanded
that
it
be
considered
--
nothing
more
.
Others
more
influential
than
himself
had
quite
as
much
right
to
a
share
,
but
they
did
n't
take
it
.
Nerve
,
ideas
,
aggressiveness
,
how
these
counted
when
one
had
luck
!
