Финансист

Chapter XXXVII

           Oh,theshame—theshame!ThatIshouldhavelivedtoseeit!"

           "Butfather,"protestedAileen,whowasalittledistraughtatthethoughtofhavingtolistentoalongpreachmentwhichwouldrelatetoherdutytoGodandtheChurchandherfamilyandhermotherandhim.Sherealizedthatallthesewereimportantintheirway;butCowperwoodandhispointofviewhadgivenheranotheroutlookonlife.Theyhaddiscussedthismatteroffamilies—parents,children,husbands,wives,brothers,sisters—fromalmosteverypointofview.Cowperwood’slaissez-faireattitudehadpermeatedandcoloredhermindcompletely.Shesawthingsthroughhiscold,direct"Isatisfymyself"attitude.Hewassorryforallthelittledifferencesofpersonalitythatsprangupbetweenpeople,causingquarrels,bickerings,oppositions,andseparation;buttheycouldnotbehelped.Peopleoutgreweachother.Theirpointsofviewalteredatvaryingratios—hencechanges.Morals—thosewhohadthemhadthem;thosewhohadn’t,hadn’t.Therewasnoexplaining.Asforhim,hesawnothingwronginthesexrelationship.Betweenthosewhoweremutuallycompatibleitwasinnocentanddelicious.Aileeninhisarms,unmarried,butlovedbyhim,andhebyher,wasasgoodandpureasanylivingwoman—agreatdealpurerthanmost.Onefoundoneselfinagivensocialorder,theory,orschemeofthings.

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