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Mr.
Arneel
now
again
fished
in
his
pocket
laboriously
,
and
drew
forth
a
second
slip
of
paper
which
he
spread
out
before
him
.
"
This
is
a
time
when
frankness
must
prevail
,
"
he
went
on
,
solemnly
,
"
if
anything
is
to
be
done
,
and
I
am
in
hopes
that
we
can
do
something
.
I
have
here
a
memorandum
of
some
of
the
loans
which
the
local
banks
have
made
to
Mr.
Cowperwood
and
which
are
still
standing
on
their
books
.
I
want
to
know
if
there
are
any
further
loans
of
which
any
of
you
happen
to
know
and
which
you
are
willing
to
mention
at
this
time
.
"
He
looked
solemnly
around
.
Immediately
several
loans
were
mentioned
by
Mr.
Cotton
and
Mr.
Osgood
which
had
not
been
heard
of
previously
.
The
company
was
now
very
well
aware
,
in
a
general
way
,
of
what
was
coming
.
"
Well
,
gentlemen
,
"
continued
Mr.
Arneel
,
"
I
have
,
previous
to
this
meeting
,
consulted
with
a
number
of
our
leading
men
.
They
agree
with
me
that
,
since
so
many
banks
are
in
need
of
funds
to
carry
this
situation
,
and
since
there
is
no
particular
obligation
on
anybody
's
part
to
look
after
the
interests
of
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
it
might
be
just
as
well
if
these
loans
of
his
,
which
are
outstanding
,
were
called
and
the
money
used
to
aid
the
banks
and
the
men
who
have
been
behind
Mr.
Hull
and
Mr.
Stackpole
.
I
have
no
personal
feeling
against
Mr.
Cowperwood
--
that
is
,
he
has
never
done
me
any
direct
injury
--
but
naturally
I
can
not
approve
of
the
course
he
has
seen
fit
to
take
in
this
case
.
Now
,
if
there
is
n't
money
available
from
some
source
to
enable
you
gentlemen
to
turn
around
,
there
will
be
a
number
of
other
failures
.
Runs
may
be
started
on
a
half-dozen
banks
.
Time
is
the
essence
of
a
situation
like
this
,
and
we
have
n't
any
time
.
"
Mr.
Arneel
paused
and
looked
around
.
A
slight
buzz
of
conversation
sprang
up
,
mostly
bitter
and
destructive
criticism
of
Cowperwood
.
"
It
would
be
only
just
if
he
could
be
made
to
pay
for
this
,
"
commented
Mr.
Blackman
to
Mr.
Sledd
.
"
He
has
been
allowed
to
play
fast
and
loose
long
enough
.
It
is
time
some
one
called
a
halt
on
him
.
"
"
Well
,
it
looks
to
me
as
though
it
would
be
done
tonight
,
"
Mr.
Sledd
returned
.
Meanwhile
Mr.
Schryhart
was
again
rising
to
his
feet
.
"
I
think
,
"
he
was
saying
,
"
if
there
is
no
objection
on
any
one
's
part
,
Mr.
Arneel
,
as
chairman
,
might
call
for
a
formal
expression
of
opinion
from
the
different
gentlemen
present
which
will
be
on
record
as
the
sense
of
this
meeting
.
"
At
this
point
Mr.
Kingsland
,
a
tall
,
whiskered
gentleman
,
arose
to
inquire
exactly
how
it
came
that
Cowperwood
had
secured
these
stocks
,
and
whether
those
present
were
absolutely
sure
that
the
stock
has
been
coming
from
him
or
from
his
friends
.
"
I
would
not
like
to
think
we
were
doing
any
man
an
injustice
,
"
he
concluded
.
