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A
murmur
of
approval
ran
around
the
room
.
"
Very
well
,
"
said
Mr.
Arneel
.
"
Anson
,
you
know
him
better
than
some
of
the
rest
of
us
.
Perhaps
you
had
better
see
if
you
can
get
him
on
the
telephone
and
ask
him
to
call
.
Tell
him
that
we
are
here
in
executive
session
.
"
"
I
think
he
might
take
it
more
seriously
if
you
spoke
to
him
,
Timothy
,
"
replied
Merrill
.
Arneel
,
being
always
a
man
of
action
,
arose
and
left
the
room
,
seeking
a
telephone
which
was
located
in
a
small
workroom
or
office
den
on
the
same
floor
,
where
he
could
talk
without
fear
of
being
overheard
.
Sitting
in
his
library
on
this
particular
evening
,
and
studying
the
details
of
half
a
dozen
art-catalogues
which
had
accumulated
during
the
week
,
Cowperwood
was
decidedly
conscious
of
the
probable
collapse
of
American
Match
on
the
morrow
.
Through
his
brokers
and
agents
he
was
well
aware
that
a
conference
was
on
at
this
hour
at
the
house
of
Arneel
.
More
than
once
during
the
day
he
had
seen
bankers
and
brokers
who
were
anxious
about
possible
shrinkage
in
connection
with
various
hypothecated
securities
,
and
to-night
his
valet
had
called
him
to
the
'
phone
half
a
dozen
times
to
talk
with
Addison
,
with
Kaffrath
,
with
a
broker
by
the
name
of
Prosser
who
had
succeeded
Laughlin
in
active
control
of
his
private
speculations
,
and
also
,
be
it
said
,
with
several
of
the
banks
whose
presidents
were
at
this
particular
conference
.
If
Cowperwood
was
hated
,
mistrusted
,
or
feared
by
the
overlords
of
these
institutions
,
such
was
by
no
means
the
case
with
the
underlings
,
some
of
whom
,
through
being
merely
civil
,
were
hopeful
of
securing
material
benefits
from
him
at
some
future
time
.
With
a
feeling
of
amused
satisfaction
he
was
meditating
upon
how
heavily
and
neatly
he
had
countered
on
his
enemies
.
Whereas
they
were
speculating
as
to
how
to
offset
their
heavy
losses
on
the
morrow
,
he
was
congratulating
himself
on
corresponding
gains
.
When
all
his
deals
should
be
closed
up
he
would
clear
within
the
neighborhood
of
a
million
dollars
.
He
did
not
feel
that
he
had
worked
Messrs.
Hull
and
Stackpole
any
great
injustice
.
They
were
at
their
wit
's
end
.
If
he
had
not
seized
this
opportunity
to
undercut
them
Schryhart
or
Arneel
would
have
done
so
,
anyhow
.
Mingled
with
thoughts
of
a
forthcoming
financial
triumph
were
others
of
Berenice
Fleming
.
There
are
such
things
as
figments
of
the
brain
,
even
in
the
heads
of
colossi
.
He
thought
of
Berenice
early
and
late
;
he
even
dreamed
of
her
.
He
laughed
at
himself
at
times
for
thus
being
taken
in
the
toils
of
a
mere
girl
--
the
strands
of
her
ruddy
hair
--
but
working
in
Chicago
these
days
he
was
always
conscious
of
her
,
of
what
she
was
doing
,
of
where
she
was
going
in
the
East
,
of
how
happy
he
would
be
if
they
were
only
together
,
happily
mated
.
It
had
so
happened
,
unfortunately
,
that
in
the
course
of
this
summer
's
stay
at
Narragansett
Berenice
,
among
other
diversions
,
had
assumed
a
certain
interest
in
one
Lieutenant
Lawrence
Braxmar
,
U.S.N.
,
whom
she
found
loitering
there
,
and
who
was
then
connected
with
the
naval
station
at
Portsmouth
,
New
Hampshire
.
Cowperwood
,
coming
East
at
this
time
for
a
few
days
'
stay
in
order
to
catch
another
glimpse
of
his
ideal
,
had
been
keenly
disturbed
by
the
sight
of
Braxmar
and
by
what
his
presence
might
signify
.
Up
to
this
time
he
had
not
given
much
thought
to
younger
men
in
connection
with
her
.
Engrossed
in
her
personality
,
he
could
think
of
nothing
as
being
able
to
stand
long
between
him
and
the
fulfilment
of
his
dreams
.
Berenice
must
be
his
.
That
radiant
spirit
,
enwrapt
in
so
fair
an
outward
seeming
,
must
come
to
see
and
rejoice
in
him
.
Yet
she
was
so
young
and
airy
in
her
mood
that
he
sometimes
wondered
.
How
was
he
to
draw
near
?
What
say
exactly
?
What
do
?
Berenice
was
in
no
way
hypnotized
by
either
his
wealth
or
fame
.
She
was
accustomed
(
she
little
knew
to
what
extent
by
his
courtesy
)
to
a
world
more
resplendent
in
its
social
security
than
his
own
.
Surveying
Braxmar
keenly
upon
their
first
meeting
,
Cowperwood
had
liked
his
face
and
intelligence
,
had
judged
him
to
be
able
,
but
had
wondered
instantly
how
he
could
get
rid
of
him
.
Viewing
Berenice
and
the
Lieutenant
as
they
strolled
off
together
along
a
summery
seaside
veranda
,
he
had
been
for
once
lonely
,
and
had
sighed
.
These
uncertain
phases
of
affection
could
become
very
trying
at
times
.
He
wished
he
were
young
again
,
single
.
