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A Trip to Louisville

           Ononeoccasion,astheywereenteringherboudoir,shepickedupaphotographofherdaughterfromthedresseranddroppeditintoadrawer.Cowperwoodhadneverseenthispicturebefore.Itwasthatofagirloffifteenorsixteen,ofwhomheobtainedbutthemostfleetingglance.Yet,withthatinstinctfortheessentialandvitalwhichinvariablypossessedhim,hegainedakeenimpressionofit.Itwasofadelicatelyhaggardchildwithamarvelouslyagreeablesmile,afine,high-poisedheaduponathinneck,andanairofboredsuperiority.Combinedwiththiswasatouchofwearinessabouttheeyelidswhichdroopedinaloftyway.Cowperwoodwasfascinated.Becauseofthedaughterheprofessedaninterestinthemother,whichhereallydidnotfeel.

           AlittlelaterCowperwoodwasmovedtodefiniteactionbythediscoveryinaphotographer’swindowinLouisvilleofasecondpictureofBerenicearatherlargeaffairwhichMrs.Carterhadhadenlargedfromaprintsentherbyherdaughtersometimebefore.Berenicewasstandingratherindifferentlyposedatthecornerofacolonialmantel,asoftstrawouting-hatheldnegligentlyinonehand,onehipsunklowerthantheother,afaint,elusivesmileplayingdimlyaroundhermouth.Thesmilewasreallynotasmile,butonlythewraithofone,andtheeyeswerewide,disingenuous,mock-simple.Thepicturebecauseofitssimplicity,appealedtohim.HedidnotknowthatMrs.Carterhadneversanctioneditsdisplay.

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