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Mostly
he
gazed
steadily
,
folded
his
lower
lip
over
his
upper
one
,
and
expressed
his
almost
unchangeable
conclusions
in
slow
Addisonian
phrases
.
In
the
present
crisis
it
was
Mr.
Avery
who
had
a
suggestion
to
make
.
"
One
thing
that
I
think
could
be
done
,
"
he
said
to
Cowperwood
one
day
in
a
very
confidential
conference
,
"
would
be
to
have
a
look
into
the
--
the
--
shall
I
say
the
heart
affairs
--
of
the
Hon.
Chaffee
Thayer
Sluss
.
"
Mr.
Avery
's
cat-like
eyes
gleamed
sardonically
.
"
Unless
I
am
greatly
mistaken
,
judging
the
man
by
his
personal
presence
merely
,
he
is
the
sort
of
person
who
probably
has
had
,
or
if
not
might
readily
be
induced
to
have
,
some
compromising
affair
with
a
woman
which
would
require
considerable
sacrifice
on
his
part
to
smooth
over
.
We
are
all
human
and
vulnerable
"
--
up
went
Mr.
Avery
's
lower
lip
covering
the
upper
one
,
and
then
down
again
--
"
and
it
does
not
behoove
any
of
us
to
be
too
severely
ethical
and
self-righteous
.
Mr.
Sluss
is
a
well-meaning
man
,
but
a
trifle
sentimental
,
as
I
take
it
.
"
As
Mr.
Avery
paused
Cowperwood
merely
contemplated
him
,
amused
no
less
by
his
personal
appearance
than
by
his
suggestion
.
"
Not
a
bad
idea
,
"
he
said
,
"
though
I
do
n't
like
to
mix
heart
affairs
with
politics
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
said
Mr.
Avery
,
soulfully
,
"
there
may
be
something
in
it
.
I
do
n't
know
.
You
never
can
tell
.
"
The
upshot
of
this
was
that
the
task
of
obtaining
an
account
of
Mr.
Sluss
's
habits
,
tastes
,
and
proclivities
was
assigned
to
that
now
rather
dignified
legal
personage
,
Mr.
Burton
Stimson
,
who
in
turn
assigned
it
to
an
assistant
,
a
Mr.
Marchbanks
.
It
was
an
amazing
situation
in
some
respects
,
but
those
who
know
anything
concerning
the
intricacies
of
politics
,
finance
,
and
corporate
control
,
as
they
were
practised
in
those
palmy
days
,
would
never
marvel
at
the
wells
of
subtlety
,
sinks
of
misery
,
and
morasses
of
disaster
which
they
represented
.
From
another
quarter
,
the
Hon.
Patrick
Gilgan
was
not
slow
in
responding
to
Cowperwood
's
message
.
Whatever
his
political
connections
and
proclivities
,
he
did
not
care
to
neglect
so
powerful
a
man
.
"
And
what
can
I
be
doing
for
you
to-day
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
?
"
he
inquired
,
when
he
arrived
looking
nice
and
fresh
,
very
spick
and
span
after
his
victory
.
"
Listen
,
Mr.
Gilgan
,
"
said
Cowperwood
,
simply
,
eying
the
Republican
county
chairman
very
fixedly
and
twiddling
his
thumbs
with
fingers
interlocked
,
"
are
you
going
to
let
the
city
council
jam
through
the
General
Electric
and
that
South
Side
'
L'
road
ordinance
without
giving
me
a
chance
to
say
a
word
or
do
anything
about
it
?
"
