Финансист

Chapter XXXVII

           Oh,theshametheshame!ThatIshouldhavelivedtoseeit!"

           "Butfather,"protestedAileen,whowasalittledistraughtatthethoughtofhavingtolistentoalongpreachmentwhichwouldrelatetoherdutytoGodandtheChurchandherfamilyandhermotherandhim.Sherealizedthatallthesewereimportantintheirway;butCowperwoodandhispointofviewhadgivenheranotheroutlookonlife.Theyhaddiscussedthismatteroffamiliesparents,children,husbands,wives,brothers,sistersfromalmosteverypointofview.Cowperwood’slaissez-faireattitudehadpermeatedandcoloredhermindcompletely.Shesawthingsthroughhiscold,direct"Isatisfymyself"attitude.Hewassorryforallthelittledifferencesofpersonalitythatsprangupbetweenpeople,causingquarrels,bickerings,oppositions,andseparation;buttheycouldnotbehelped.Peopleoutgreweachother.Theirpointsofviewalteredatvaryingratioshencechanges.Moralsthosewhohadthemhadthem;thosewhohadn’t,hadn’t.Therewasnoexplaining.Asforhim,hesawnothingwronginthesexrelationship.Betweenthosewhoweremutuallycompatibleitwasinnocentanddelicious.Aileeninhisarms,unmarried,butlovedbyhim,andhebyher,wasasgoodandpureasanylivingwomanagreatdealpurerthanmost.Onefoundoneselfinagivensocialorder,theory,orschemeofthings.

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