In this he sat, presumably as a curious spectator, actually as a master dictating the course of liquidation in hand.

Neither Cowperwood nor any one else knew of McKenty's action until too late to interfere with it.

Addison and Videra, when they read about it as sneeringly set forth in the news columns of the papers, lifted and then wrinkled their eyebrows.
"That looks like pretty rough work to me," commented Addison.

"I thought McKenty had more tact.

That's his early Irish training." Alexander Rambaud, who was an admirer and follower of Cowperwood's, wondered whether the papers were lying, whether it really could be true that Cowperwood had a serious political compact with McKenty which would allow him to walk rough-shod over public opinion.