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"
Exactly
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
grimly
.
"
I
thought
so
.
I
believe
you
.
For
that
reason
I
have
come
prepared
to
serve
you
in
just
the
way
you
wish
.
"
He
reached
in
his
coat
and
took
out
two
small
revolvers
,
which
he
had
taken
from
a
drawer
at
home
for
this
very
purpose
.
They
gleamed
in
the
dark
.
"
Do
you
see
these
?
"
he
continued
.
"
I
am
going
to
save
you
the
trouble
of
further
investigation
,
Mr.
Sohlberg
.
Every
word
that
Mrs.
Cowperwood
said
to-night
--
and
I
am
saying
this
with
a
full
understanding
of
what
this
means
to
you
and
to
me
--
is
true
.
She
is
no
more
insane
than
I
am
.
Your
wife
has
been
living
in
an
apartment
with
me
on
the
North
Side
for
months
,
though
you
can
not
prove
that
.
She
does
not
love
you
,
but
me
.
Now
if
you
want
to
kill
me
here
is
a
gun
.
"
He
extended
his
hand
.
"
Take
your
choice
.
If
I
am
to
die
you
might
as
well
die
with
me
.
"
He
said
it
so
coolly
,
so
firmly
,
that
Sohlberg
,
who
was
an
innate
coward
,
and
who
had
no
more
desire
to
die
than
any
other
healthy
animal
,
paled
.
The
look
of
cold
steel
was
too
much
.
The
hand
that
pressed
them
on
him
was
hard
and
firm
.
He
took
hold
of
one
,
but
his
fingers
trembled
.
The
steely
,
metallic
voice
in
his
ear
was
undermining
the
little
courage
that
he
had
.
Cowperwood
by
now
had
taken
on
the
proportions
of
a
dangerous
man
--
the
lineaments
of
a
demon
.
He
turned
away
mortally
terrified
.
"
My
God
!
"
he
exclaimed
,
shaking
like
a
leaf
.
"
You
want
to
keel
me
,
do
you
?
I
weel
not
have
anything
to
do
with
you
!
I
weel
not
talk
to
you
!
I
weel
see
my
lawyer
.
I
weel
talk
to
my
wife
first
.
"
"
Oh
,
no
you
wo
n't
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
intercepting
him
as
he
turned
to
go
and
seizing
him
firmly
by
the
arm
.
"
I
am
not
going
to
have
you
do
anything
of
the
sort
.
I
am
not
going
to
kill
you
if
you
are
not
going
to
kill
me
;
but
I
am
going
to
make
you
listen
to
reason
for
once
.
Now
here
is
what
else
I
have
to
say
,
and
then
I
am
through
.
I
am
not
unfriendly
to
you
.
I
want
to
do
you
a
good
turn
,
little
as
I
care
for
you
.
To
begin
with
,
there
is
nothing
in
those
charges
my
wife
made
,
not
a
thing
.
I
merely
said
what
I
did
just
now
to
see
if
you
were
in
earnest
.
You
do
not
love
your
wife
any
more
.
She
does
n't
love
you
.
You
are
no
good
to
her
.
Now
,
I
have
a
very
friendly
proposition
to
make
to
you
.
If
you
want
to
leave
Chicago
and
stay
away
three
years
or
more
,
I
will
see
that
you
are
paid
five
thousand
dollars
every
year
on
January
first
--
on
the
nail
--
five
thousand
dollars
!
Do
you
hear
?
Or
you
can
stay
here
in
Chicago
and
hold
your
tongue
and
I
will
make
it
three
thousand
--
monthly
or
yearly
,
just
as
you
please
But
--
and
this
is
what
I
want
you
to
remember
--
if
you
do
n't
get
out
of
town
or
hold
your
tongue
,
if
you
make
one
single
rash
move
against
me
,
I
will
kill
you
,
and
I
will
kill
you
on
sight
.
Now
,
I
want
you
to
go
away
from
here
and
behave
yourself
.
Leave
your
wife
alone
.
Come
and
see
me
in
a
day
or
two
--
the
money
is
ready
for
you
any
time
.
He
paused
while
Sohlberg
stared
--
his
eyes
round
and
glassy
.
This
was
the
most
astonishing
experience
of
his
life
.
This
man
was
either
devil
or
prince
,
or
both
.
"
Good
God
!
"
he
thought
.
"
He
will
do
that
,
too
.
He
will
really
kill
me
.
"
Then
the
astounding
alternative
--
five
thousand
dollars
a
year
--
came
to
his
mind
.
Well
,
why
not
?
His
silence
gave
consent
.
"
If
I
were
you
I
would
n't
go
up-stairs
again
to-night
,
"
continued
Cowperwood
,
sternly
.
"
Do
n't
disturb
her
.
She
needs
rest
.
Go
on
down-town
and
come
and
see
me
to-morrow
--
or
if
you
want
to
go
back
I
will
go
with
you
.
I
want
to
say
to
Mrs.
Sohlberg
what
I
have
said
to
you
.
But
remember
what
I
've
told
you
.
"
"
Nau
,
thank
you
,
"
replied
Sohlberg
,
feebly
.
"
I
will
go
down-town
.
Good
night
.
"
And
he
hurried
away
.
"
I
'm
sorry
,
"
said
Cowperwood
to
himself
,
defensively
.
"
It
is
too
bad
,
but
it
was
the
only
way
.
"
The
question
of
Sohlberg
adjusted
thus
simply
,
if
brutally
,
Cowperwood
turned
his
attention
to
Mrs.
Sohlberg
.
But
there
was
nothing
much
to
be
done
.
He
explained
that
he
had
now
completely
subdued
Aileen
and
Sohlberg
,
that
the
latter
would
make
no
more
trouble
,
that
he
was
going
to
pension
him
,
that
Aileen
would
remain
permanently
quiescent
.
He
expressed
the
greatest
solicitude
for
her
,
but
Rita
was
now
sickened
of
this
tangle
.
She
had
loved
him
,
as
she
thought
,
but
through
the
rage
of
Aileen
she
saw
him
in
a
different
light
,
and
she
wanted
to
get
away
.
His
money
,
plentiful
as
it
was
,
did
not
mean
as
much
to
her
as
it
might
have
meant
to
some
women
;
it
simply
spelled
luxuries
,
without
which
she
could
exist
if
she
must
.
His
charm
for
her
had
,
perhaps
,
consisted
mostly
in
the
atmosphere
of
flawless
security
,
which
seemed
to
surround
him
--
a
glittering
bubble
of
romance
.
That
,
by
one
fell
attack
,
was
now
burst
.
He
was
seen
to
be
quite
as
other
men
,
subject
to
the
same
storms
,
the
same
danger
of
shipwreck
.
Only
he
was
a
better
sailor
than
most
.
She
recuperated
gradually
;
left
for
home
;
left
for
Europe
;
details
too
long
to
be
narrated
.
Sohlberg
,
after
much
meditating
and
fuming
,
finally
accepted
the
offer
of
Cowperwood
and
returned
to
Denmark
.
Aileen
,
after
a
few
days
of
quarreling
,
in
which
he
agreed
to
dispense
with
Antoinette
Nowak
,
returned
home
.
