If
things turn out very bad they may change their minds. I had to tell them
about Stener. It's pretty bad, but they're hopin' you'll come through
and straighten that out. I hope so. About my own loan--well, I'll see
how things are in the mornin'. If I raisonably can I'll lave it with
you. You'd better see me again about it. I wouldn't try to get any more
money out of Stener if I were you. It's pretty bad as it is."
Cowperwood saw at once that he was to get no aid from the politicians.
The one thing that disturbed him was this reference to Stener. Had they
already communicated with him--warned him? If so, his own coming to
Butler had been a bad move; and yet from the point of view of his
possible failure on the morrow it had been advisable. At least now the
politicians knew where he stood. If he got in a very tight corner he
would come to Butler again--the politicians could assist him or not,
as they chose. If they did not help him and he failed, and the election
were lost, it was their own fault. Anyhow, if he could see Stener first
the latter would not be such a fool as to stand in his own light in a
crisis like this.
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