Финансист

Chapter LVI

           Youhavetreatedmelikeadogallthroughthisaffair;andallthewhileyouhavebeenrunningwiththatlittlesnipofanIrishthing,andtellingherallaboutyouraffairs,Isuppose.Youletmegoonbelievingthatyoucaredformeuptothelastmoment,andthenyousuddenlystepupandtellmethatyouwantadivorce.I’llnotdoit.I’llnotgiveyouadivorce,andyouneedn’tthinkit."

           Cowperwoodlistenedinsilence.Hisposition,insofarasthismaritaltanglewasconcerned,ashesaw,wasveryadvantageous.Hewasaconvict,constrainedbytheexigenciesofhispositiontobeoutofpersonalcontactwithhiswifeforalongperiodoftimetocome,whichshouldnaturallytendtoschoolhertodowithouthim.Whenhecameout,itwouldbeveryeasyforhertogetadivorcefromaconvict,particularlyifshecouldallegemisconductwithanotherwoman,whichhewouldnotdeny.Atthesametime,hehopedtokeepAileen’snameoutofit.Mrs.Cowperwood,ifshewould,couldgiveanyfalsenameifhemadenocontest.Besides,shewasnotaverystrongperson,intellectuallyspeaking.Hecouldbendhertohiswill.Therewasnoneedofsayingmuchmorenow;theicehadbeenbroken,thesituationhadbeenputbeforeher,andtimeshoulddotherest.

           "Don’tbedramatic,Lillian,"hecommented,indifferently."I’mnotsuchalosstoyouifyouhaveenoughtoliveon.Idon’tthinkIwanttoliveinPhiladelphiaifeverIcomeoutofhere.Myideanowistogowest,andIthinkIwanttogoalone.

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