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Chapter XXXVI

           ThehouseonSouthSixthStreetwasoneofassignationpurely;butinitswayitwassuperiortotheaverageestablishmentofitskindofredbrick,white-stonetrimmings,fourstorieshigh,andalltherooms,someeighteeninnumber,furnishedinashowybutcleanlyway.It’spatronagewashighlyexclusive,onlythosebeingadmittedwhowereknowntothemistress,havingbeenintroducedbyothers.Thisguaranteedthatprivacywhichtheillicitaffairsofthisworldsogreatlyrequired.Themerephrase,"Ihaveanappointment,"wassufficient,whereeitherofthepartieswasknown,tocausethemtobeshowntoaprivatesuite.Cowperwoodhadknownoftheplacefrompreviousexperiences,andwhenitbecamenecessarytoabandontheNorthTenthStreethouse,hehaddirectedAileentomeethimhere.

           Thematterofenteringaplaceofthiskindandtryingtofindanyonewas,asAldersoninformedButleronhearingofitscharacter,exceedinglydifficult.Itinvolvedtherightofsearch,whichwasdifficulttoget.Toenterbysheerforcewaseasyenoughinmostinstanceswherethebusinessconductedwasincontradistinctiontothemoralsentimentofthecommunity;butsometimesoneencounteredviolentoppositionfromthetenantsthemselves.Itmightbesointhiscase.Theonlysurewayofavoidingsuchoppositionwouldbetotakethewomanwhorantheplaceintoone’sconfidence,andbypayinghersufficientlyinsuresilence.

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