Chapter XXI

           Thevagariesofpassion!Subtleties!Risks!Whatsacrificesarenotlaidwillfullyuponitsaltar!InalittlewhilethismorethanaverageresidencetowhichCowperwoodhadreferredwaspreparedsolelytoeffectasatisfactorymethodofconcealment.Thehousewasgovernedbyaseeminglyrecently-bereavedwidow,anditwaspossibleforAileentocallwithoutseemingstrangelyoutofplace.Insuchsurroundings,andundersuchcircumstances,itwasnotdifficulttopersuadehertogiveherselfwhollytoherlover,governedasshewasbyherwildandunreasoningaffectionandpassion.Inaway,therewasasavingelementoflove,fortruly,aboveallothers,shewantedthisman.Shehadnothoughtorfeelingtowardanyother.Allhermindrantowardvisionsofthefuture,when,somehow,sheandhemightbetogetherforalltime.Mrs.Cowperwoodmightdie,orhemightrunawaywithheratthirty-fivewhenhehadamillion.Someadjustmentwouldbemade,somehow.Naturehadgivenherthisman.Shereliedonhimimplicitly.Whenhetoldherthathewouldtakecareofhersothatnothingevilshouldbefall,shebelievedhimfully.Suchsinsarethecommonplacesoftheconfessional.

           ItisacuriousfactthatbysomesubtletyoflogicintheChristianworld,ithascometobebelievedthattherecanbenoloveoutsidetheconventionalprocessofcourtshipandmarriage.Onelife,onelove,istheChristianidea,andintothissluiceormoldithasbeenendeavoringtocompressthewholeworld.Paganthoughtheldnosuchbelief.

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