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Chapter LIX

           Thereseemedtobecertaingeneralprinciplesorpeopleassumedtherewerebutapparentlytherewereexceptions.Assuredlyherbrotherabidedbynoknownrule,andyetheseemedtobedoingfairlywelloncemore.Whatdidthismean?Mrs.Cowperwood,hisformerwife,condemnedhisactions,andyetacceptedofhisprosperityasherdue.Whatweretheethicsofthat?

           Cowperwood’severyactionwasknowntoAileenButler,hispresentwhereaboutsandprospects.Notlongafterhiswife’sdivorce,andaftermanytripstoandfromthisnewworldinwhichhewasnowliving,thesetwoleftPhiladelphiatogetheroneafternooninthewinter.Aileenexplainedtohermother,whowaswillingtogoandlivewithNorah,thatshehadfalleninlovewiththeformerbankerandwishedtomarryhim.Theoldlady,gatheringonlyagarbledversionofitatfirst,consented.

           ThusendedforeverforAileenthislong-continuedrelationshipwiththisolderworld.Chicagowasbeforeheramuchmoredistinguishedcareer,Franktoldher,thanevertheycouldhavehadinPhiladelphia.

           "Isn’titnicetobefinallygoing?"shecommented.

           "Itisadvantageous,anyhow,"hesaid.

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