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"
Not
as
yet
,
but
,
since
it
takes
four
years
at
least
to
grind
the
lens
,
there
will
be
time
enough
,
when
the
lens
is
nearing
completion
,
to
look
after
the
accessories
.
We
have
picked
our
site
,
however
--
Lake
Geneva
--
and
we
would
not
refuse
either
land
or
accessories
if
we
knew
where
to
get
them
.
"
Again
the
even
,
shining
teeth
,
the
keen
eyes
boring
through
the
glasses
.
Cowperwood
saw
a
great
opportunity
.
He
asked
what
would
be
the
cost
of
the
entire
project
.
Dr.
Hooper
presumed
that
three
hundred
thousand
would
do
it
all
handsomely
--
lens
,
telescope
,
land
,
machinery
,
building
--
a
great
monument
.
"
And
how
much
have
you
guaranteed
on
the
cost
of
your
lens
?
"
"
Sixteen
thousand
dollars
,
so
far
.
"
"
To
be
paid
when
?
"
"
In
instalments
--
ten
thousand
a
year
for
four
years
.
Just
enough
to
keep
the
lens-maker
busy
for
the
present
.
"
Cowperwood
reflected
.
Ten
thousand
a
year
for
four
years
would
be
a
mere
salary
item
,
and
at
the
end
of
that
time
he
felt
sure
that
he
could
supply
the
remainder
of
the
money
quite
easily
.
He
would
be
so
much
richer
;
his
plans
would
be
so
much
more
mature
.
On
such
a
repute
(
the
ability
to
give
a
three-hundred-thousand-dollar
telescope
out
of
hand
to
be
known
as
the
Cowperwood
telescope
)
he
could
undoubtedly
raise
money
in
London
,
New
York
,
and
elsewhere
for
his
Chicago
enterprise
.
The
whole
world
would
know
him
in
a
day
.
He
paused
,
his
enigmatic
eyes
revealing
nothing
of
the
splendid
vision
that
danced
before
them
.
At
last
!
At
last
!
"
How
would
it
do
,
Mr.
Hooper
,
"
he
said
,
sweetly
,
"
if
,
instead
of
ten
men
giving
you
four
thousand
each
,
as
you
plan
,
one
man
were
to
give
you
forty
thousand
in
annual
instalments
of
ten
thousand
each
?
Could
that
be
arranged
as
well
?
"
"
My
dear
Mr.
