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An Overture to Conflict

           Indeed,becauseoftheprecariousnessofherownsituationasasocialfailureshewasafraidtodoso.

           WiththearrivalofMrs.SohlbergandthenofAntoinetteNowakasfactorsinthepotpourri,thesituationbecamemoredifficult.HumanlyfondofAileenasCowperwoodwas,andbecauseofhislapsesandheraffection,desirousofbeingkind,yetforthetimebeinghewasalienatedalmostcompletelyfromher.Hegrewremoteaccordingashisclandestineaffairsweredriftingorblazing,without,however,losinghisfirmgriponhisfinancialaffairs,andAileennoticedit.Itworriedher.ShewassovainthatshecouldscarcelybelievethatCowperwoodcouldlongbeindifferent,andforawhilehersentimentalinterestinSohlberg’sfutureandunhappinessofsoulbecloudedherjudgment;butshefinallybegantofeelthedriftofaffairs.Thepathosofallthisisthatitsoquicklydescendsintotherealmoftheunsatisfactory,thebanal,thepseudointimate.Aileennoticeditatonce.Shetriedprotestations."Youdon’tkissmethewayyoudidonce,"andthenalittlelater,"Youhaven’tnoticedmehardlyforfourwholedays.What’sthematter?"

           "Oh,Idon’tknow,"repliedCowperwood,easily;"IguessIwantyouasmuchasever.Idon’tseethatIamanydifferent."Hetookherinhisarmsandpettedandcaressedher;butAileenwassuspicious,nervous.

           Thepsychologyofthehumananimal,whenconfrontedbythesetangles,theserippingtidesoftheheart,haslittletodowithso-calledreasonorlogic.

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