Финансист

Chapter XXXVIII

           Shewentthereoccasionallyasarelieffromotherthings,andbecauseMamieCalliganhadacompatibleandveryunderstandinginterestinliterature.Curiously,thebooksAileenlikedshelikedJaneEyre,KenelmChillingly,Tricotrin,andABowofOrangeRibbon.MamieoccasionallyrecommendedtoAileensomelatesteffusionofthischaracter;andAileen,findingherjudgmentgood,wasconstrainedtoadmireher.

           InthiscrisisitwastothehomeoftheCalligansthatAileenturnedinthought.Ifherfatherreallywasnotnicetoher,andshehadtoleavehomeforatime,shecouldgototheCalligans.Theywouldreceiveherandsaynothing.TheywerenotsufficientlywellknowntotheothermembersoftheButlerfamilytohavethelattersuspectthatshehadgonethere.ShemightreadilydisappearintotheprivacyofCherryStreetandnotbeseenorheardofforweeks.ItisaninterestingfacttocontemplatethattheCalligans,likethevariousmembersoftheButlerfamily,neversuspectedAileenoftheleasttendencytowardawaywardexistence.Henceherflightfromherownfamily,ifitevercame,wouldbelaidmoretothedoorofatemperamentalpettishnessthananythingelse.

           Ontheotherhand,insofarastheButlerfamilyasaunitwasconcerned,itneededAileenmorethansheneededit.Itneededthelightofhercountenancetokeepitappropriatelycheerful,andifshewentawaytherewouldbeadistinctgulfthatwouldnotsoonbeovercome.

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