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We
shall
know
how
to
avoid
that
in
the
future
"
(
and
he
looked
hard
at
Cowperwood
)
,
"
but
the
thing
at
present
is
immediate
cash
,
and
your
loans
are
the
largest
and
the
most
available
.
Do
you
think
you
can
find
the
means
to
pay
them
back
in
the
morning
?
"
Arneel
blinked
his
keen
,
blue
eyes
solemnly
,
while
the
rest
,
like
a
pack
of
genial
but
hungry
wolves
,
sat
and
surveyed
this
apparently
whole
but
now
condemned
scapegoat
and
victim
.
Cowperwood
,
who
was
keenly
alive
to
the
spirit
of
the
company
,
looked
blandly
and
fearlessly
around
.
On
his
knee
he
held
his
blue
--
banded
straw
hat
neatly
balanced
on
one
edge
.
His
full
mustache
curled
upward
in
a
jaunty
,
arrogant
way
.
"
I
can
meet
my
loans
,
"
he
replied
,
easily
.
"
But
I
would
not
advise
you
or
any
of
the
gentlemen
present
to
call
them
.
"
His
voice
,
for
all
its
lightness
,
had
an
ominous
ring
.
"
Why
not
?
"
inquired
Hand
,
grimly
and
heavily
,
turning
squarely
about
and
facing
him
.
"
It
does
n't
appear
that
you
have
extended
any
particular
courtesy
to
Hull
or
Stackpole
.
"
His
face
was
red
and
scowling
.
"
Because
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
smiling
,
and
ignoring
the
reference
to
his
trick
,
"
I
know
why
this
meeting
was
called
.
I
know
that
these
gentlemen
here
,
who
are
not
saying
a
word
,
are
mere
catspaws
and
rubber
stamps
for
you
and
Mr.
Schryhart
and
Mr.
Arneel
and
Mr.
Merrill
.
I
know
how
you
four
gentlemen
have
been
gambling
in
this
stock
,
and
what
your
probable
losses
are
,
and
that
it
is
to
save
yourselves
from
further
loss
that
you
have
decided
to
make
me
the
scapegoat
.
I
want
to
tell
you
here
"
--
and
he
got
up
,
so
that
in
his
full
stature
he
loomed
over
the
room
--
"
you
ca
n't
do
it
.
You
ca
n't
make
me
your
catspaw
to
pull
your
chestnuts
out
of
the
fire
,
and
no
rubber-stamp
conference
can
make
any
such
attempt
successful
.
If
you
want
to
know
what
to
do
,
I
'll
tell
you
--
close
the
Chicago
Stock
Exchange
to-morrow
morning
and
keep
it
closed
.
Then
let
Hull
&
Stackpole
fail
,
or
if
not
you
four
put
up
the
money
to
carry
them
.
If
you
ca
n't
,
let
your
banks
do
it
.
If
you
open
the
day
by
calling
a
single
one
of
my
loans
before
I
am
ready
to
pay
it
,
I
'll
gut
every
bank
from
here
to
the
river
.
You
'll
have
panic
,
all
the
panic
you
want
.
Good
evening
,
gentlemen
.
"
He
drew
out
his
watch
,
glanced
at
it
,
and
quickly
walked
to
the
door
,
putting
on
his
hat
as
he
went
.
As
he
bustled
jauntily
down
the
wide
interior
staircase
,
preceded
by
a
footman
to
open
the
door
,
a
murmur
of
dissatisfaction
arose
in
the
room
he
had
just
left
.
"
The
wrecker
!
"
re-exclaimed
Norrie
Simms
,
angrily
,
astounded
at
this
demonstration
of
defiance
.
"
The
scoundrel
!
"
declared
Mr.
Blackman
.
"
Where
does
he
get
the
wealth
to
talk
like
that
?
"
"
Gentlemen
,
"
said
Mr
