I don't know who all was in it.

Carmody was mayor then, and Aldrich was in charge of public works." He relapsed into silence, and Cowperwood allowed the matter of the tunnels to rest until after dinner when they had adjourned to the library.

There he placed a friendly hand on McKenty's arm, an act of familiarity which the politician rather liked.
"You felt pretty well satisfied with the way that gas business came out last year, didn't you ?" he inquired.
"I did," replied McKenty, warmly.

"Never more so.

I told you that at the time." The Irishman liked Cowperwood, and was grateful for the swift manner in which he had been made richer by the sum of several hundred thousand dollars.
"Well, now, McKenty," continued Cowperwood, abruptly, and with a seeming lack of connection, "has it ever occurred to you that things are shaping up for a big change in the street-railway situation here?
I can see it coming.