Финансист

Chapter XLIX

           

           Shehadbeensousedtoaworldwhereprisonswerescarcelythoughtof,wherethingswentonsmoothlyfromdaytodaywithoutanynoticeableintrusionofsuchdistressingthingsascourts,jails,andthelike,thattheselastfewmonthshaddrivenhernearlymad.Cowperwoodhadsodefinitelyinsistedonherkeepinginthebackgroundhehadtoldhersoverylittlethatshewasallatseaanyhowinregardtothewholeprocedure.NearlyallthatshehadhadinthewayofintelligencehadbeenfromhisfatherandmotherandAnna,andfromacloseandalmostsecretscrutinyofthenewspapers.

           Atthetimehehadgonetothecountyjailshedidnotevenknowanythingaboutituntilhisfatherhadcomebackfromthecourt-roomandthejailandhadbrokenthenewstoher.Ithadbeenaterrificblowtoher.Nowtohavethisthingsuddenlybrokentoherinthisoffhandway,eventhoughshehadbeenexpectinganddreadingithourly,wastoomuch.

           Shewasstilladecidedlycharming-lookingwomanasshestoodholdingherdaughter’sgarmentinherhand,evenifshewasfortyyearsoldtoCowperwood’sthirty-five.Shewasrobedinoneofthecreationsoftheirlateprosperity,acream-coloredgownofrichsilk,withdarkbrowntrimmingsafetchingcombinationforher.Hereyeswerealittlehollow,andreddishabouttherims,butotherwisesheshowednosignofherkeenmentaldistress.Therewasconsiderableevidenceoftheformertranquilsweetnessthathadsofascinatedhimtenyearsbefore.

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