Финансист

Chapter X

           Sempleattended,anddullvisitstohisrelativesandhers.TheCowperwoods,theWatermans,andafewfamiliesofthatcaliber,hadbeenthenotableexceptions.Nowallthiswaschanged.YoungCowperwooddidnotcareverymuchforherrelatives,andtheSempleshadbeenalienatedbyhersecond,andtothemoutrageous,marriage.Hisownfamilywascloselyinterestedbytiesofaffectionandmutualprosperity,but,betterthanthis,hewasdrawingtohimselfsomereallysignificantpersonalities.Hebroughthomewithhim,sociallynottotalkbusiness,forhedislikedthatideabankers,investors,customersandprospectivecustomers.OutontheSchuylkill,theWissahickon,andelsewhere,werepopulardiningplaceswhereonecoulddriveonSunday.HeandMrs.CowperwoodfrequentlydroveouttoMrs.SenecaDavis’s,toJudgeKitchen’s,tothehomeofAndrewSharpless,alawyerwhomheknew,tothehomeofHarperSteger,hisownlawyer,andothers.Cowperwoodhadthegiftofgeniality.Noneofthesemenorwomensuspectedthedepthofhisnaturehewasthinking,thinking,thinking,butenjoyedlifeashewent.

           Oneofhisearliestandmostgenuineleaningswastowardpaintings.Headmirednature,butsomehow,withoutknowingwhy,hefanciedonecouldbestgraspitthroughthepersonalityofsomeinterpreter,justaswegainourideasoflawandpoliticsthroughindividuals.Mrs.Cowperwoodcarednotawhitonewayoranother,butsheaccompaniedhimtoexhibitions,thinkingallthewhilethatFrankwasalittlepeculiar.

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