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"
Do
n't
you
think
it
is
rather
premature
,
Mr.
Sluss
,
to
denounce
something
which
has
only
a
rumored
existence
?
"
(
Cowperwood
,
smiling
sweetly
to
himself
,
was
quite
like
a
cat
playing
with
an
unsuspicious
mouse
.
)
"
I
should
like
very
much
to
talk
this
whole
matter
over
with
you
personally
before
you
take
an
irrevocable
attitude
.
It
is
just
possible
that
after
you
have
heard
my
side
you
may
not
be
so
completely
opposed
to
me
.
From
time
to
time
I
have
sent
to
you
several
of
my
personal
friends
,
but
apparently
you
do
not
care
to
receive
them
.
"
"
Quite
true
,
"
replied
Mr.
Sluss
,
loftily
;
"
but
you
must
remember
that
I
am
a
very
busy
man
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
and
,
besides
,
I
do
not
see
how
I
can
serve
any
of
your
purposes
.
You
are
working
for
a
set
of
conditions
to
which
I
am
morally
and
temperamentally
opposed
.
I
am
working
for
another
.
I
do
not
see
that
we
have
any
common
ground
on
which
to
meet
.
In
fact
,
I
do
not
see
how
I
can
be
of
any
service
to
you
whatsoever
.
"
"
Just
a
moment
,
please
,
Mr.
Mayor
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
still
very
sweetly
,
and
fearing
that
Sluss
might
choose
to
hang
up
the
receiver
,
so
superior
was
his
tone
.
"
There
may
be
some
common
ground
of
which
you
do
not
know
.
Would
n't
you
like
to
come
to
lunch
at
my
residence
or
receive
me
at
yours
?
Or
let
me
come
to
your
office
and
talk
this
matter
over
.
I
believe
you
will
find
it
the
part
of
wisdom
as
well
as
of
courtesy
to
do
this
.
"
"
I
can
not
possibly
lunch
with
you
to-day
,
"
replied
Sluss
,
"
and
I
can
not
see
you
,
either
.
There
are
a
number
of
things
pressing
for
my
attention
.
I
must
say
also
that
I
can
not
hold
any
back-room
conferences
with
you
or
your
emissaries
.
If
you
come
you
must
submit
to
the
presence
of
others
.
"
"
Very
well
,
Mr.
Sluss
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
cheerfully
.
"
I
will
not
come
to
your
office
.
But
unless
you
come
to
mine
before
five
o'clock
this
afternoon
you
will
face
by
noon
to-morrow
a
suit
for
breach
of
promise
,
and
your
letters
to
Mrs.
Brandon
will
be
given
to
the
public
.
I
wish
to
remind
you
that
an
election
is
coming
on
,
and
that
Chicago
favors
a
mayor
who
is
privately
moral
as
well
as
publicly
so
.
Good
morning
.
"
Mr.
Cowperwood
hung
up
his
telephone
receiver
with
a
click
,
and
Mr.
Sluss
sensibly
and
visibly
stiffened
and
paled
.
Mrs.
Brandon
!
The
charming
,
lovable
,
discreet
Mrs.
Brandon
who
had
so
ungenerously
left
him
!
Why
should
she
be
thinking
of
suing
him
for
breach
of
promise
,
and
how
did
his
letter
to
her
come
to
be
in
Cowperwood
's
hands
?
Good
heavens
--
those
mushy
letters
!
His
wife
!
His
children
!
His
church
and
the
owlish
pastor
thereof
!
Chicago
!
And
its
conventional
,
moral
,
religious
atmosphere
!
Come
to
think
of
it
,
Mrs.
Brandon
had
scarcely
if
ever
written
him
a
note
of
any
kind
.
He
did
not
even
know
her
history
.
At
the
thought
of
Mrs.
Sluss
--
her
hard
,
cold
,
blue
eyes
--
Mr.
Sluss
arose
,
tall
and
distrait
,
and
ran
his
hand
through
his
hair
.
He
walked
to
the
window
,
snapping
his
thumb
and
middle
finger
and
looking
eagerly
at
the
floor
.
He
thought
of
the
telephone
switchboard
just
outside
his
private
office
,
and
wondered
whether
his
secretary
,
a
handsome
young
Presbyterian
girl
,
had
been
listening
,
as
usual
.
Oh
,
this
sad
,
sad
world
!
If
the
North
Side
ever
learned
of
this
--
Hand
,
the
newspapers
,
young
MacDonald
--
would
they
protect
him
?
They
would
not
.
Would
they
run
him
for
mayor
again
?
Never
!
Could
the
public
be
induced
to
vote
for
him
with
all
the
churches
fulminating
against
private
immorality
,
hypocrites
,
and
whited
sepulchers
?
Oh
,
Lord
!
Oh
,
Lord
!
And
he
was
so
very
,
very
much
respected
and
looked
up
to
--
that
was
the
worst
of
it
all
.
This
terrible
demon
Cowperwood
had
descended
on
him
,
and
he
had
thought
himself
so
secure
.
He
had
not
even
been
civil
to
Cowperwood
.
What
if
the
latter
chose
to
avenge
the
discourtesy
?
