Финансист

Chapter LVI

           Anyhow,badashewas,directashewas,forcefulashewas,hewasfarmoreinterestingthanmostofthemoreconservativetypesinwhomthesocialvirtuesofpolitespeechandmodestthoughtswereseeminglypredominate.

           "Iknow,"shesaid,ratherpeacefully,althoughwithatouchofangerandresentmentinhervoice."I’veknownallaboutitallthistime.Iexpectedyouwouldsaysomethinglikethistomesomeday.It’sanicerewardforallmydevotiontoyou;butit’sjustlikeyou,Frank.Whenyouaresetonsomething,nothingcanstopyou.Itwasn’tenoughthatyouweregettingalongsonicelyandhadtwochildrenwhomyououghttolove,butyouhadtotakeupwiththisButlercreatureuntilhernameandyoursareaby-wordthroughoutthecity.Iknowthatshecomestothisprison.IsawherouthereonedayasIwascomingin,andIsupposeeveryoneelseknowsitbynow.Shehasnosenseofdecencyandshedoesnotcare—thewretched,vainthing—butIwouldhavethoughtthatyouwouldbeashamed,Frank,togoonthewaythatyouhave,whenyoustillhavemeandthechildrenandyourfatherandmotherandwhenyouarecertaintohavesuchahardfighttogetyourselfonyourfeet,asitis.Ifshehadanysenseofdecencyshewouldnothaveanythingtodowithyou—theshamelessthing."

           Cowperwoodlookedathiswifewithunflinchingeyes.Hereadinherremarksjustwhathisobservationhadlongsinceconfirmed—thatshewassympatheticallyoutoftouchwithhim.

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