Финансист

Chapter XVII

           Cowperwood,whowasbeforehersecretaireinhernewboudoir,liftedhereyebrows.

           "Youknow,Anna,IsometimeswishthatFrank’sbusinessdidnotcompelmetohaveanythingtodowiththem.Mrs.Butlerissuchabore.Shemeanswellenough,butshedoesn’tknowanything.AndAileenistoorough.She’stooforward,Ithink.Shecomesoverhereandplaysuponthepiano,particularlywhenFrank’shere.Iwouldn’tmindsomuchformyself,butIknowitmustannoyhim.Allherpiecesaresonoisy.Sheneverplaysanythingreallydelicateandrefined."

           "Idon’tlikethewayshedresses,"observedAnna,sympathetically."Shegetsherselfuptooconspicuously.Now,theotherdayIsawheroutdriving,andoh,dear!youshouldhaveseenher!ShehadonacrimsonZouavejacketheavilybraidedwithblackabouttheedges,andaturbanwithahugecrimsonfeather,andcrimsonribbonsreachingnearlytoherwaist.Imaginethatkindofahattodrivein.Andherhands!Youshouldhaveseenthewaysheheldherhandsohjustsoself-consciously.Theywerecurvedjustso"—andsheshowedhow."Shehadonyellowgauntlets,andsheheldthereinsinonehandandthewhipintheother.Shedrivesjustlikemadwhenshedrives,anyhow,andWilliam,thefootman,wasupbehindher.Youshouldjusthaveseenher.Oh,dear!oh,dear!shedoesthinksheissomuch!"AndAnnagiggled,halfinreproach,halfinamusement.

           "Isupposewe’llhavetoinviteher;Idon’tseehowwecangetoutofit.

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