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Chapter 9

           EverynowandthenIrealized,withafaintlystartledsenseofself-abasement,thatIwascompletelyunderhisdominance—thatmylifewasbeingentirelyguidedbyhiscontrolandsuggestion—butIarguedwithmyselfthatsurelyitwaswellitshouldbeso,seeinghehadsomuchmoreexperienceandinfluencethanI.Wedinedtogetherthatnightasweoftendid,andourconversationwasentirelytakenupwithmonetaryandbusinessconcerns.UnderLucio’sadviceIwasmakingseveralimportantinvestments,andthesemattersgaveusamplesubjectfordiscussion.Atabouteleveno’clock,itbeingafinefrostyeveningandfitforbriskwalking,wewentout,ourdestinationbeingtheprivategamblingclubtowhichmycompanionhadvolunteeredtointroducemeasaguest.Itwassituatedattheendofamysteriouslittlebackstreet,notfarfromtherespectableprecinctsofPall-Mall,andwasanunpretentiouslookinghouseenoughoutside,butwithin,itwassumptuouslythoughtastelesslyfurnished.Apparently,thepremiseswerepresidedoverbyawoman—awomanwithpaintedeyesanddyedhairwhoreceivedusfirstofallwithinthelamp-lightedsplendoursofanAnglo-Japanesedrawing-room.Herlooksandmannerundisguisedlyproclaimedherasademi-mondaineofthemostpronouncedtype—oneofthose‘pure’ladieswitha‘past’whoarerepresentedassuchmartyrstothevicesofmen.Luciosaidsomethingtoherapart—whereuponsheglancedatmedeferentiallyandsmiled—thenrangthebell

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