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At
this
point
Mr.
Arneel
,
with
a
cogency
of
reasoning
which
did
not
at
the
moment
appear
on
the
surface
,
inquired
:
"
Do
any
of
you
happen
to
know
anything
in
particular
about
the
state
of
Mr.
Cowperwood
's
finances
at
present
?
Of
course
we
know
of
the
Lake
Street
'
L'
and
the
Northwestern
.
I
hear
he
's
building
a
house
in
New
York
,
and
I
presume
that
's
drawing
on
him
somewhat
.
I
know
he
has
four
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
loans
from
the
Chicago
Central
;
but
what
else
has
he
?
"
"
Well
,
there
's
the
two
hundred
thousand
he
owes
the
Prairie
National
,
"
piped
up
Schrybart
,
promptly
.
"
From
time
to
time
I
've
heard
of
several
other
sums
that
escape
my
mind
just
now
.
"
Mr.
Merrill
,
a
diplomatic
mouse
of
a
man
--
gray
,
Parisian
,
dandified
--
was
twisting
in
his
large
chair
,
surveying
the
others
with
shrewd
though
somewhat
propitiatory
eyes
.
In
spite
of
his
old
grudge
against
Cowperwood
because
of
the
latter
's
refusal
to
favor
him
in
the
matter
of
running
street-car
lines
past
his
store
,
he
had
always
been
interested
in
the
man
as
a
spectacle
.
He
really
disliked
the
thought
of
plotting
to
injure
Cowperwood
.
Just
the
same
,
he
felt
it
incumbent
to
play
his
part
in
such
a
council
as
this
.
"
My
financial
agent
,
Mr.
Hill
,
loaned
him
several
hundred
thousand
not
long
ago
,
"
he
volunteered
,
a
little
doubtfully
.
"
I
presume
he
has
many
other
outstanding
obligations
.
"
Mr.
Hand
stirred
irritably
.
"
Well
,
he
's
owing
the
Third
National
and
the
Lake
City
as
much
if
not
more
,
"
he
commented
.
"
I
know
where
there
are
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
his
loans
that
have
n't
been
mentioned
here
.
Colonel
Ballinger
has
two
hundred
thousand
.
He
must
owe
Anthony
Ewer
all
of
that
.
He
owes
the
Drovers
and
Traders
all
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
.
"
On
the
basis
of
these
suggestions
Arneel
made
a
mental
calculation
,
and
found
that
Cowperwood
was
indebted
apparently
to
the
tune
of
about
three
million
dollars
on
call
,
if
not
more
.
"
I
have
n't
all
the
facts
,
"
he
said
,
at
last
,
slowly
and
distinctly
.
"
If
we
could
talk
with
some
of
the
presidents
of
our
banks
to-night
,
we
should
probably
find
that
there
are
other
items
of
which
we
do
not
know
.
I
do
not
like
to
be
severe
on
any
one
,
but
our
own
situation
is
serious
.
Unless
something
is
done
to-night
Hull
&
Stackpole
will
certainly
fail
in
the
morning
.
We
are
,
of
course
,
obligated
to
the
various
banks
for
our
loans
,
and
we
are
in
honor
bound
to
do
all
we
can
for
them
.
The
good
name
of
Chicago
and
its
rank
as
a
banking
center
is
to
a
certain
extent
involved
.
As
I
have
already
told
Mr.
Stackpole
and
Mr.
Hull
,
I
personally
have
gone
as
far
as
I
can
in
this
matter
.
I
suppose
it
is
the
same
with
each
of
you
.
The
only
other
resources
we
have
under
the
circumstances
are
the
banks
,
and
they
,
as
I
understand
it
,
are
pretty
much
involved
with
stock
on
hypothecation
.
I
know
at
least
that
this
is
true
of
the
Lake
City
and
the
Douglas
Trust
.
"
"
It
's
true
of
nearly
all
of
them
,
"
said
Hand
.
Both
Schryhart
and
Merrill
nodded
assent
.
