Финансист

Chapter XXX

           Stillshepaused;forfortyyearsandtwochildren,andsomeslightwrinkles,andthesuspicionthatwemaybenolongerlovedasweoncewere,isapttomakeanywomanpause,eveninthefaceofthemostsignificantfinancialposition.Wherewouldshegoifshelefthim?Whatwouldpeoplethink?Whataboutthechildren?Couldsheprovethisliaison?Couldsheentraphiminacompromisingsituation?Didshewantto?

           Shesawnowthatshedidnotlovehimassomewomenlovetheirhusbands.Shewasnotwildabouthim.Inawayshehadbeentakinghimforgrantedalltheseyears,hadthoughtthathelovedherenoughnottobeunfaithfultoher;atleastfanciedthathewassoengrossedwiththemoreseriousthingsoflifethatnopettyliaisonsuchasthisletterindicatedwouldtroublehimorinterrupthisgreatcareer.Apparentlythiswasnottrue.Whatshouldshedo?Whatsay?Howact?Hernonetoobrilliantmindwasnotofmuchserviceinthiscrisis.Shedidnotknowverywellhoweithertoplanortofight.

           Theconventionalmindisatbestapettypieceofmachinery.Itisoyster-likeinitsfunctioning,or,perhapsbetter,clam-like.Ithasitslittlesiphonofthought-processesforcedupordownintothemightyoceanoffactandcircumstance;butitusessolittle,pumpssofaintly,thattheimmediatecontiguityofthevastmassisnotdisturbed.Nothingofthesubtletyoflifeisperceived.Noleastinklingofitsstormsorterrorsiseverdiscoveredexceptthroughaccident.

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