Финансист

Chapter XIX

           Whileshehadyieldedtohisyouthfulenthusiasmforherafterherhusband’sdeath,hehadonlysincelearnedthatshewasanaturalconservatorofpublicmoralsthecoldpurityofthesnowdriftinsofarastheworldmightsee,combinedattimeswiththemurkymoodofthewanton.Andyet,ashehadalsolearned,shewasashamedofthepassionthatattimessweptanddominatedher.ThisirritatedCowperwood,asitwouldalwaysirritateanystrong,acquisitive,direct-seeingtemperament.Whilehehadnodesiretoacquaintthewholeworldwithhisfeelings,whyshouldtherebeconcealmentbetweenthem,oratleastmentalevasionofafactwhichphysicallyshesubscribedto?Whydoonethingandthinkanother?Tobesure,shewasdevotedtohiminherquietway,notpassionately(ashelookedbackhecouldnotsaythatshehadeverbeenthat),butintellectually.Duty,assheunderstoodit,playedagreatpartinthis.Shewasdutiful.Andthenwhatpeoplethought,whatthetime-spiritdemandedthesewerethegreatthings.Aileen,onthecontrary,wasprobablynotdutiful,anditwasobviousthatshehadnotemperamentalconnectionwithcurrentconvention.Nodoubtshehadbeenaswellinstructedasmanyanothergirl,butlookather.Shewasnotobeyingherinstructions.

           Inthenextthreemonthsthisrelationshiptookonamoreflagrantform.Aileen,knowingfullwellwhatherparentswouldthink,howunspeakableinthemindofthecurrentworldwerethethoughtsshewasthinking,persisted,nevertheless,insothinkingandlonging.

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