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"
It
is
n't
enough
,
"
returned
Cowperwood
,
incisively
.
"
Since
I
talked
to
you
last
I
have
been
compelled
to
shoulder
obligations
and
make
agreements
which
I
did
not
anticipate
then
.
The
best
I
can
do
now
is
to
accept
three-fourths
.
"
Schryhart
straightened
up
determinedly
and
offensively
.
This
was
outrageous
,
he
thought
,
impossible
!
The
effrontery
of
it
!
"
It
can
never
be
done
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
replied
,
forcefully
.
"
You
are
trying
to
unload
too
much
worthless
stock
on
the
company
as
it
is
.
The
old
companies
'
stock
is
selling
right
now
,
as
you
know
,
for
from
one-fifty
to
two-ten
.
Your
stock
is
worth
nothing
.
If
you
are
to
be
given
two
or
three
for
one
for
that
,
and
three-fourths
of
the
remainder
in
the
treasury
,
I
for
one
want
nothing
to
do
with
the
deal
.
You
would
be
in
control
of
the
company
,
and
it
will
be
water-logged
,
at
that
.
Talk
about
getting
something
for
nothing
!
The
best
I
would
suggest
to
the
stockholders
of
the
old
companies
would
be
half
and
half
.
And
I
may
say
to
you
frankly
,
although
you
may
not
believe
it
,
that
the
old
companies
will
not
join
in
with
you
in
any
scheme
that
gives
you
control
.
They
are
too
much
incensed
.
Feeling
is
running
too
high
.
It
will
mean
a
long
,
expensive
fight
,
and
they
will
never
compromise
.
Now
,
if
you
have
anything
really
reasonable
to
offer
I
would
be
glad
to
hear
it
.
Otherwise
I
am
afraid
these
negotiations
are
not
going
to
come
to
anything
.
"
"
Share
and
share
alike
,
and
three-fourths
of
the
remainder
,
"
repeated
Cowperwood
,
grimly
.
"
I
do
not
want
to
control
.
If
they
want
to
raise
the
money
and
buy
me
out
on
that
basis
I
am
willing
to
sell
.
I
want
a
decent
return
for
investments
I
have
made
,
and
I
am
going
to
have
it
.
I
can
not
speak
for
the
others
behind
me
,
but
as
long
as
they
deal
through
me
that
is
what
they
will
expect
.
"
Mr.
Schryhart
went
angrily
away
.
He
was
exceedingly
wroth
.
This
proposition
as
Cowperwood
now
outlined
it
was
bucaneering
at
its
best
.
He
proposed
for
himself
to
withdraw
from
the
old
companies
if
necessary
,
to
close
out
his
holdings
and
let
the
old
companies
deal
with
Cowperwood
as
best
they
could
.
So
long
as
he
had
anything
to
do
with
it
,
Cowperwood
should
never
gain
control
of
the
gas
situation
.
Better
to
take
him
at
his
suggestion
,
raise
the
money
and
buy
him
out
,
even
at
an
exorbitant
figure
.
Then
the
old
gas
companies
could
go
along
and
do
business
in
their
old-fashioned
way
without
being
disturbed
.
This
bucaneer
!
This
upstart
!
What
a
shrewd
,
quick
,
forceful
move
he
had
made
!
It
irritated
Mr.
Schryhart
greatly
.
The
end
of
all
this
was
a
compromise
in
which
Cowperwood
accepted
one-half
of
the
surplus
stock
of
the
new
general
issue
,
and
two
for
one
of
every
share
of
stock
for
which
his
new
companies
had
been
organized
,
at
the
same
time
selling
out
to
the
old
companies
--
clearing
out
completely
.
It
was
a
most
profitable
deal
,
and
he
was
enabled
to
provide
handsomely
not
only
for
Mr.
McKenty
and
Addison
,
but
for
all
the
others
connected
with
him
.
It
was
a
splendid
coup
,
as
McKenty
and
Addison
assured
him
.
Having
now
done
so
much
,
he
began
to
turn
his
eyes
elsewhere
for
other
fields
to
conquer
.
But
this
victory
in
one
direction
brought
with
it
corresponding
reverses
in
another
:
the
social
future
of
Cowperwood
and
Aileen
was
now
in
great
jeopardy
.
Schryhart
,
who
was
a
force
socially
,
having
met
with
defeat
at
the
hands
of
Cowperwood
,
was
now
bitterly
opposed
to
him
.
Norrie
Simms
naturally
sided
with
his
old
associates
.
But
the
worst
blow
came
through
Mrs.
Anson
Merrill
.
Shortly
after
the
housewarming
,
and
when
the
gas
argument
and
the
conspiracy
charges
were
rising
to
their
heights
,
she
had
been
to
New
York
and
had
there
chanced
to
encounter
an
old
acquaintance
of
hers
,
Mrs.
Martyn
Walker
,
of
Philadelphia
,
one
of
the
circle
which
Cowperwood
once
upon
a
time
had
been
vainly
ambitious
to
enter
.
Mrs.
Merrill
,
aware
of
the
interest
the
Cowperwoods
had
aroused
in
Mrs.
Simms
and
others
,
welcomed
the
opportunity
to
find
out
something
definite
.
