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"
It
's
such
a
pleasure
to
meet
you
,
"
Mrs.
Addison
,
a
corpulent
,
bejeweled
lady
,
was
saying
to
Aileen
"
My
husband
and
yours
have
become
the
best
of
friends
,
apparently
.
We
must
see
more
of
each
other
.
"
She
babbled
on
in
a
puffy
social
way
,
and
Aileen
felt
as
though
she
were
getting
along
swiftly
.
The
butler
brought
in
a
great
tray
of
appetizers
and
cordials
,
and
put
them
softly
on
a
remote
table
.
Dinner
was
served
,
and
the
talk
flowed
on
;
they
discussed
the
growth
of
the
city
,
a
new
church
that
Lord
was
building
ten
blocks
farther
out
;
Rambaud
told
about
some
humorous
land
swindles
.
It
was
quite
gay
.
Meanwhile
Aileen
did
her
best
to
become
interested
in
Mrs.
Rambaud
and
Mrs.
Addison
.
She
liked
the
latter
somewhat
better
,
solely
because
it
was
a
little
easier
to
talk
to
her
.
Mrs.
Rambaud
Aileen
knew
to
be
the
wiser
and
more
charitable
woman
,
but
she
frightened
her
a
little
;
presently
she
had
to
fall
back
on
Mr.
Lord
's
help
.
He
came
to
her
rescue
gallantly
,
talking
of
everything
that
came
into
his
mind
.
All
the
men
outside
of
Cowperwood
were
thinking
how
splendid
Aileen
was
physically
,
how
white
were
her
arms
,
how
rounded
her
neck
and
shoulders
,
how
rich
her
hair
.
Old
Peter
Laughlin
,
rejuvenated
by
Cowperwood
's
electric
ideas
,
was
making
money
for
the
house
.
He
brought
many
bits
of
interesting
gossip
from
the
floor
,
and
such
shrewd
guesses
as
to
what
certain
groups
and
individuals
were
up
to
,
that
Cowperwood
was
able
to
make
some
very
brilliant
deductions
.
"
By
Gosh
!
Frank
,
I
think
I
know
exactly
what
them
fellers
are
trying
to
do
,
"
Laughlin
would
frequently
remark
of
a
morning
,
after
he
had
lain
in
his
lonely
Harrison
Street
bed
meditating
the
major
portion
of
the
night
.
"
That
there
Stock
Yards
gang
"
(
and
by
gang
he
meant
most
of
the
great
manipulators
,
like
Arneel
,
Hand
,
Schryhart
and
others
)
"
are
after
corn
again
.
We
want
to
git
long
o
'
that
now
,
or
I
miss
my
guess
.
What
do
you
think
,
huh
?
"
Cowperwood
,
schooled
by
now
in
many
Western
subtleties
which
he
had
not
previously
known
,
and
daily
becoming
wiser
,
would
as
a
rule
give
an
instantaneous
decision
.
"
You
're
right
.
Risk
a
hundred
thousand
bushels
.
I
think
New
York
Central
is
going
to
drop
a
point
or
two
in
a
few
days
.
We
'd
better
go
short
a
point
.
"
Laughlin
could
never
figure
out
quite
how
it
was
that
Cowperwood
always
seemed
to
know
and
was
ready
to
act
quite
as
quickly
in
local
matters
as
he
was
himself
.
He
understood
his
wisdom
concerning
Eastern
shares
and
things
dealt
in
on
the
Eastern
exchange
,
but
these
Chicago
matters
?
"
Whut
makes
you
think
that
?
"
he
asked
Cowperwood
,
one
day
,
quite
curiously
.
"
Why
,
Peter
,
"
Cowperwood
replied
,
quite
simply
,
"
Anton
Videra
"
(
one
of
the
directors
of
the
Wheat
and
Corn
Bank
)
"
was
in
here
yesterday
while
you
were
on
'
change
,
and
he
was
telling
me
.
"
He
described
a
situation
which
Videra
had
outlined
.
