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A Financier Bewitched

           "Hehatedtoquarrelwithher,becauseshewaslikeawildroseorsomeartforminnature.Hersketch-bookwasalwaysfullofnewthings.Hermuff,orthelightsilkshawlsheworeinsummer,sometimesconcealedamodeledfigureofsomekindwhichshewouldproducewithalooklikethatofadoubtingchild,andifhewantedit,ifhelikedit,hecouldhaveit.Cowperwoodmeditateddeeply.Hescarcelyknewwhattothink.

           Theconstantatmosphereofsuspicionanddoubtinwhichhewascompelledtoremain,camebydegreestodistressandangerhim.Whileshewaswithhimshewasclingingenough,butwhenshewasawayshewasardentlycheerfulandhappy.Unlikethestationhehadoccupiedinsomanypreviousaffairs,hefoundhimself,afterthefirstlittlewhile,askingherwhethershelovedhiminsteadofsubmittingtothesamequestionfromher.

           Hethoughtthatwithhismeans,hisposition,hisfuturepossibilitieshehadthepowertobindalmostanywomanoncedrawntohispersonality;butStephaniewastooyoungandtoopoetictobegreatlyimpairedbywealthandfame,andshewasnotyetsufficientlygrippedbythelureofhim.Shelovedhiminherstrangeway;butshewasinterestedalsobythelatestarrival,ForbesGurney.Thistall,melancholyyouth,withbrowneyesandpale-brownhair,wasverypoor.HehailedfromsouthernMinnesota,andwhatbetweenapenchantforjournalism,verse-writing,andsomedramaticwork,wassomewhatundecidedastohisfuture.

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