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Cowperwood
did
not
smile
.
He
merely
looked
thoughtfully
at
Sluss
;
then
,
by
way
of
testifying
to
the
truthfulness
of
what
he
had
been
saying
,
thumped
the
letters
up
and
down
,
just
to
show
that
they
were
real
.
"
Yes
,
"
said
Mr.
Sluss
,
heavily
,
"
I
see
.
"
He
studied
the
bundle
--
a
small
,
solid
affair
--
while
Cowperwood
looked
discreetly
elsewhere
.
He
contemplated
his
own
shoes
,
the
floor
.
He
rubbed
his
hands
and
then
his
knees
.
Cowperwood
saw
how
completely
he
had
collapsed
.
It
was
ridiculous
,
pitiable
.
"
Come
,
Mr.
Sluss
,
"
said
Cowperwood
,
amiably
,
"
cheer
up
.
Things
are
not
nearly
as
desperate
as
you
think
.
I
give
you
my
word
right
now
that
nothing
which
you
yourself
,
on
mature
thought
,
could
say
was
unfair
will
be
done
.
You
are
the
mayor
of
Chicago
.
I
am
a
citizen
.
I
merely
wish
fair
play
from
you
.
I
merely
ask
you
to
give
me
your
word
of
honor
that
from
now
on
you
will
take
no
part
in
this
fight
which
is
one
of
pure
spite
against
me
.
If
you
can
not
conscientiously
aid
me
in
what
I
consider
to
be
a
perfectly
legitimate
demand
for
additional
franchises
,
you
will
,
at
least
,
not
go
out
of
your
way
to
publicly
attack
me
.
I
will
put
these
letters
in
my
safe
,
and
there
they
will
stay
until
the
next
campaign
is
over
,
when
I
will
take
them
out
and
destroy
them
.
I
have
no
personal
feeling
against
you
--
none
in
the
world
.
I
do
not
ask
you
to
sign
any
ordinance
which
the
council
may
pass
giving
me
elevated-road
rights
.
What
I
do
wish
you
to
do
at
this
time
is
to
refrain
from
stirring
up
public
sentiment
against
me
,
especially
if
the
council
should
see
fit
to
pass
an
ordinance
over
your
veto
.
Is
that
satisfactory
?
"
"
But
my
friends
?
The
public
?
The
Republican
party
?
Do
n't
you
see
it
is
expected
of
me
that
I
should
wage
some
form
of
campaign
against
you
?
"
queried
Sluss
,
nervously
.
"
No
,
I
do
n't
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
succinctly
,
"
and
,
anyhow
,
there
are
ways
and
ways
of
waging
a
public
campaign
.
Go
through
the
motions
,
if
you
wish
,
but
do
n't
put
too
much
heart
in
it
.
And
,
anyhow
,
see
some
one
of
my
lawyers
from
time
to
time
when
they
call
on
you
Judge
Dickensheets
is
an
able
and
fair
man
.
So
is
General
Van
Sickle
.
Why
not
confer
with
them
occasionally
?
--
not
publicly
,
of
course
,
but
in
some
less
conspicuous
way
.
You
will
find
both
of
them
most
helpful
.
"
Cowperwood
smiled
encouragingly
,
quite
beneficently
,
and
Chaffee
Thayer
Sluss
,
his
political
hopes
gone
glimmering
,
sat
and
mused
for
a
few
moments
in
a
sad
and
helpless
quandary
.
