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"
Thank
you
,
no
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
pleasantly
,
estimating
as
he
did
so
his
host
's
temperament
and
mental
caliber
.
"
I
never
eat
between
meals
,
but
I
appreciate
your
kindness
.
I
am
just
passing
through
Chicago
,
and
I
thought
I
would
present
this
letter
now
rather
than
later
.
I
thought
you
might
tell
me
a
little
about
the
city
from
an
investment
point
of
view
.
"
As
Cowperwood
talked
,
Addison
,
a
short
,
heavy
,
rubicund
man
with
grayish-brown
sideburns
extending
to
his
ear-lobes
and
hard
,
bright
,
twinkling
gray
eyes
--
a
proud
,
happy
,
self-sufficient
man
--
munched
his
apple
and
contemplated
Cowperwood
.
As
is
so
often
the
case
in
life
,
he
frequently
liked
or
disliked
people
on
sight
,
and
he
prided
himself
on
his
judgment
of
men
.
Almost
foolishly
,
for
one
so
conservative
,
he
was
taken
with
Cowperwood
--
a
man
immensely
his
superior
--
not
because
of
the
Drexel
letter
,
which
spoke
of
the
latter
's
"
undoubted
financial
genius
"
and
the
advantage
it
would
be
to
Chicago
to
have
him
settle
there
,
but
because
of
the
swimming
wonder
of
his
eyes
.
Cowperwood
's
personality
,
while
maintaining
an
unbroken
outward
reserve
,
breathed
a
tremendous
humanness
which
touched
his
fellow-banker
.
Both
men
were
in
their
way
walking
enigmas
,
the
Philadelphian
far
the
subtler
of
the
two
.
Addison
was
ostensibly
a
church-member
,
a
model
citizen
;
he
represented
a
point
of
view
to
which
Cowperwood
would
never
have
stooped
.
Both
men
were
ruthless
after
their
fashion
,
avid
of
a
physical
life
;
but
Addison
was
the
weaker
in
that
he
was
still
afraid
--
very
much
afraid
--
of
what
life
might
do
to
him
.
The
man
before
him
had
no
sense
of
fear
.
Addison
contributed
judiciously
to
charity
,
subscribed
outwardly
to
a
dull
social
routine
,
pretended
to
love
his
wife
,
of
whom
he
was
weary
,
and
took
his
human
pleasure
secretly
.
The
man
before
him
subscribed
to
nothing
,
refused
to
talk
save
to
intimates
,
whom
he
controlled
spiritually
,
and
did
as
he
pleased
.
"
Why
,
I
'll
tell
you
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
Addison
replied
.
"
We
people
out
here
in
Chicago
think
so
well
of
ourselves
that
sometimes
we
're
afraid
to
say
all
we
think
for
fear
of
appearing
a
little
extravagant
.
We
're
like
the
youngest
son
in
the
family
that
knows
he
can
lick
all
the
others
,
but
does
n't
want
to
do
it
--
not
just
yet
.
We
're
not
as
handsome
as
we
might
be
--
did
you
ever
see
a
growing
boy
that
was
?
--
but
we
're
absolutely
sure
that
we
're
going
to
be
.
Our
pants
and
shoes
and
coat
and
hat
get
too
small
for
us
every
six
months
,
and
so
we
do
n't
look
very
fashionable
,
but
there
are
big
,
strong
,
hard
muscles
and
bones
underneath
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
as
you
'll
discover
when
you
get
to
looking
around
.
Then
you
wo
n't
mind
the
clothes
so
much
.
"
Mr.
Addison
's
round
,
frank
eyes
narrowed
and
hardened
for
a
moment
.
A
kind
of
metallic
hardness
came
into
his
voice
.
Cowperwood
could
see
that
he
was
honestly
enamoured
of
his
adopted
city
.
Chicago
was
his
most
beloved
mistress
.
A
moment
later
the
flesh
about
his
eyes
crinkled
,
his
mouth
softened
,
and
he
smiled
.
"
I
'll
be
glad
to
tell
you
anything
I
can
,
"
he
went
on
.
"
There
are
a
lot
of
interesting
things
to
tell
.
"
Cowperwood
beamed
back
on
him
encouragingly
.
He
inquired
after
the
condition
of
one
industry
and
another
,
one
trade
or
profession
and
another
.
This
was
somewhat
different
from
the
atmosphere
which
prevailed
in
Philadelphia
--
more
breezy
and
generous
.
The
tendency
to
expatiate
and
make
much
of
local
advantages
was
Western
.
He
liked
it
,
however
,
as
one
aspect
of
life
,
whether
he
chose
to
share
in
it
or
not
.
It
was
favorable
to
his
own
future
.
He
had
a
prison
record
to
live
down
;
a
wife
and
two
children
to
get
rid
of
--
in
the
legal
sense
,
at
least
(
he
had
no
desire
to
rid
himself
of
financial
obligation
toward
them
)
.
It
would
take
some
such
loose
,
enthusiastic
Western
attitude
to
forgive
in
him
the
strength
and
freedom
with
which
he
ignored
and
refused
to
accept
for
himself
current
convention
.
"
I
satisfy
myself
"
was
his
private
law
,
but
so
to
do
he
must
assuage
and
control
the
prejudices
of
other
men
.
He
felt
that
this
banker
,
while
not
putty
in
his
hands
,
was
inclined
to
a
strong
and
useful
friendship
.
"
My
impressions
of
the
city
are
entirely
favorable
,
Mr.
Addison
,
"
he
said
,
after
a
time
,
though
he
inwardly
admitted
to
himself
that
this
was
not
entirely
true
;
he
was
not
sure
whether
he
could
bring
himself
ultimately
to
live
in
so
excavated
and
scaffolded
a
world
as
this
or
not
.
"
I
only
saw
a
portion
of
it
coming
in
on
the
train
.
I
like
the
snap
of
things
.
I
believe
Chicago
has
a
future
.
"
"
You
came
over
the
Fort
Wayne
,
I
presume
,
"
replied
Addison
,
loftily
.
"
You
saw
the
worst
section
.
You
must
let
me
show
you
some
of
the
best
parts
.
By
the
way
,
where
are
you
staying
?
"
