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The Clash

           Butsheknewthatshewastreadingondangerousground,andmentallysherecoiledfromtheconsequenceswhichmightfollow.Hemightleaveherifshefoughthimtoobitterly.Hemighttreatherashehadtreatedhisfirstwife,Lillian.

           Shestudiedherliegelordcuriouslythesedays,wonderingifitweretruethathehaddesertedheralready,ashehaddesertedhisfirstwifethirteenyearsbefore,wonderingifhecouldreallytakeupwithagirlascommonasAntoinetteNowak—wondering,wondering,wondering—halfafraidandyetcourageous.Whatcouldbedonewithhim?Ifonlyhestilllovedherallwouldbewellyet—butoh!

           Thedetectiveagencytowhichshefinallyapplied,afterweeksofsoul-rackingsuspense,wasoneofthosedisturbinglyhumanimplementswhichmanyarenotopposedtousingonoccasion,whenitistheonlymeansofsolvingatroublousproblemofwoundedfeelingsorjeopardizedinterests.Aileen,beingobviouslyrich,wasforthwithshamefullyovercharged;buttheservicesagreeduponwerewellperformed.Toheramazement,chagrin,anddistress,afterafewweeksofobservationCowperwoodwasreportedtohaveaffairsnotonlywithAntoinetteNowak,whomshedidsuspect,butalsowithMrs.Sohlberg.Andthesetwoaffairsatoneandthesametime.ForthemomentitleftAileenactuallystunnedandbreathless.

           ThesignificanceofRitaSohlbergtoherinthishourwasgreaterthanthatofanywomanbeforeorafter.

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