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"
Dear
,
dear
!
"
Never
a
word
in
criticism
from
any
source
of
either
Hand
or
Schryhart
or
Arneel
or
Merrill
,
though
the
fact
that
they
were
back
of
the
pool
was
well
known
.
Somehow
they
were
looked
upon
as
benefactors
who
were
calling
this
conference
with
a
view
of
saving
others
from
disaster
rather
than
for
the
purpose
of
assisting
themselves
.
Such
phrases
as
,
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Hand
!
Marvelous
man
!
Marvelous
!
"
or
,
"
Mr.
Schryhart
--
very
able
--
very
able
indeed
!
"
or
,
"
You
may
depend
on
it
these
men
are
not
going
to
allow
anything
serious
to
overtake
the
affairs
of
the
city
at
this
time
,
"
were
heard
on
every
hand
.
The
fact
that
immense
quantities
of
cash
or
paper
were
involved
in
behalf
of
one
or
other
of
these
four
was
secretly
admitted
by
one
banker
to
another
.
No
rumor
that
Cowperwood
or
his
friends
had
been
profiting
or
were
in
any
way
involved
had
come
to
any
one
present
--
not
as
yet
.
At
eight-thirty
exactly
Mr.
Arneel
first
ambled
in
quite
informally
,
Hand
,
Schryhart
,
and
Merrill
appearing
separately
very
shortly
after
.
Rubbing
their
hands
and
mopping
their
faces
with
their
handkerchiefs
,
they
looked
about
them
,
making
an
attempt
to
appear
as
nonchalant
and
cheerful
as
possible
under
such
trying
circumstances
.
There
were
many
old
acquaintances
and
friends
to
greet
,
inquiries
to
be
made
as
to
the
health
of
wives
and
children
.
Mr.
Arneel
,
clad
in
yellowish
linen
,
with
a
white
silk
shirt
of
lavender
stripe
,
and
carrying
a
palm-leaf
fan
,
seemed
quite
refreshed
;
his
fine
expanse
of
neck
and
bosom
looked
most
paternal
,
and
even
Abrahamesque
.
His
round
,
glistening
pate
exuded
beads
of
moisture
.
Mr.
Schryhart
,
on
the
contrary
,
for
all
the
heat
,
appeared
quite
hard
and
solid
,
as
though
he
might
be
carved
out
of
some
dark
wood
.
Mr.
Hand
,
much
of
Mr.
Arneel
's
type
,
but
more
solid
and
apparently
more
vigorous
,
had
donned
for
the
occasion
a
blue
serge
coat
with
trousers
of
an
almost
gaudy
,
bright
stripe
.
His
ruddy
,
archaic
face
was
at
once
encouraging
and
serious
,
as
though
he
were
saying
,
"
My
dear
children
,
this
is
very
trying
,
but
we
will
do
the
best
we
can
.
"
Mr.
Merrill
was
as
cool
and
ornate
and
lazy
as
it
was
possible
for
a
great
merchant
to
be
.
To
one
person
and
another
he
extended
a
cool
,
soft
hand
,
nodding
and
smiling
half
the
time
in
silence
.
To
Mr.
Arneel
as
the
foremost
citizen
and
the
one
of
largest
wealth
fell
the
duty
(
by
all
agreed
as
most
appropriate
)
of
assuming
the
chair
--
which
in
this
case
was
an
especially
large
one
at
the
head
of
the
table
.
There
was
a
slight
stir
as
he
finally
,
at
the
suggestion
of
Schryhart
,
went
forward
and
sat
down
.
The
other
great
men
found
seats
.
"
Well
,
gentlemen
,
"
began
Mr.
Arneel
,
dryly
(
he
had
a
low
,
husky
voice
)
,
"
I
'll
be
as
brief
as
I
can
.
This
is
a
very
unusual
occasion
which
brings
us
together
.
I
suppose
you
all
know
how
it
is
with
Mr.
Hull
and
Mr.
Stackpole
.
American
Match
is
likely
to
come
down
with
a
crash
in
the
morning
if
something
very
radical
is
n't
done
to-night
.
It
is
at
the
suggestion
of
a
number
of
men
and
banks
that
this
meeting
is
called
.
"
Mr.
Arneel
had
an
informal
,
tete-a-tete
way
of
speaking
as
if
he
were
sitting
on
a
chaise-longue
with
one
other
person
.
"
The
failure
,
"
he
went
on
,
firmly
,
"
if
it
comes
,
as
I
hope
it
wo
n't
,
will
make
a
lot
of
trouble
for
a
number
of
banks
and
private
individuals
which
we
would
like
to
avoid
,
I
am
sure
.
The
principal
creditors
of
American
Match
are
our
local
banks
and
some
private
individuals
who
have
loaned
money
on
the
stock
.
I
have
a
list
of
them
here
,
along
with
the
amounts
for
which
they
are
responsible
.
It
is
in
the
neighborhood
of
ten
millions
of
dollars
.
"
Mr.
Arneel
,
with
the
unconscious
arrogance
of
wealth
and
power
,
did
not
trouble
to
explain
how
he
got
the
list
,
neither
did
he
show
the
slightest
perturbation
.
He
merely
fished
down
in
one
pocket
in
a
heavy
way
and
produced
it
,
spreading
it
out
on
the
table
before
him
.
The
company
wondered
whose
names
and
what
amounts
were
down
,
and
whether
it
was
his
intention
to
read
it
.
