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The Die is Cast

           

           Veryshortlyafterward,atareceptiongivenbytheirneighbors,theHaatstaedts,towhichtheyhadlongsincebeeninvited,therewasanevidentshynessinregardtothem,quitenewinitsaspect,althoughthehoststhemselveswerestillfriendlyenough.Previoustothis,whenstrangersofprominencehadbeenpresentatanaffairofthiskindtheyweregladtobebroughtovertotheCowperwoods,whowerealwaysconspicuousbecauseofAileen’sbeauty.Onthisday,fornoreasonobvioustoAileenorCowperwood(althoughbothsuspected),introductionswerealmostuniformlyrefused.Therewereanumberwhoknewthem,andwhotalkedcasually,butthegeneraltendencyonthepartofallwastosteerclearofthem.Cowperwoodsensedthedifficultyatonce."Ithinkwe’dbetterleaveearly,"heremarkedtoAileen,afteralittlewhile."Thisisn’tveryinteresting."

           Theyreturnedtotheirownhome,andCowperwoodtoavoiddiscussionwentdown-town.Hedidnotcaretosaywhathethoughtofthisasyet.

           ItwasprevioustoareceptiongivenbytheUnionLeaguethatthefirstrealblowwasstruckathimpersonally,andthatinaroundaboutway.Addison,talkingtohimattheLakeNationalBankonemorning,hadsaidquiteconfidentially,andoutofaclearsky:

           "Iwanttotellyousomething,Cowperwood.YouknowbynowsomethingaboutChicagosociety.YoualsoknowwhereIstandinregardtosomethingsyoutoldmeaboutyourpastwhenIfirstmetyou.

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