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A Financier Bewitched

           ShesketchedhimasshehadCowperwoodandothers,andonedayCowperwoodfoundthreestudiesofForbesGurneyinhernote-bookidylliclydone,anoteofromanticfeelingaboutthem.

           "Whoisthis?"heasked.

           "Oh,he’sayoungpoetwhocomesuptothePlayersForbesGurney.He’ssocharming;he’ssopaleanddreamy."

           Cowperwoodcontemplatedthesketchescuriously.Hiseyesclouded.

           "AnotheroneofStephanie’sadherents,"hecommented,teasingly."It’salongprocessionI’vejoined.GardnerKnowles,LaneCross,BlissBridge,ForbesGurney."

           Stephaniemerelypoutedmoodily.

           "Howyoutalk!BlissBridge,GardnerKnowles!IadmitIlikethemall,butthat’sallIdodo.They’rejustsweetanddear.You’dlikeLaneCrossyourself;he’ssuchafoolisholdPolly.AsforForbesGurney,hejustdriftsupthereonceinawhileasoneofthecrowd.Iscarcelyknowhim."

           "Exactly,"saidCowperwood,dolefully;"butyousketchhim."ForsomereasonCowperwooddidnotbelievethis.BackinhisbrainhedidnotbelieveStephanieatall,hedidnottrusther.Yethewasintenselyfondofherthemoreso,perhaps,becauseofthis.

           "Tellmetruly,Stephanie,"hesaidtoheroneday,urgently,andyetverydiplomatically."Idon’tcareatall,sofarasyourpastisconcerned.YouandIarecloseenoughtoreachaperfectunderstanding.

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