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The New Queen of the Home

           Sheknewnothingofliteratureexceptcertainauthorswhotothetrulyculturedmightseembanal.Asforart,itwasmerelyajingleofnamesgatheredfromCowperwood’sprivatecomments.Heroneredeemingfeaturewasthatshewastrulybeautifulherself—aradiant,vibratingobjetd’art.AmanlikeRambaud,remote,conservative,constructive,sawtheplaceofawomanlikeAileeninthelifeofamanlikeCowperwoodontheinstant.Shewassuchawomanashewouldhaveprizedhimselfinacertaincapacity.

           Sexinterestinallstrongmenusuallyenduresuntotheend,governedsometimesbyastoicresignation.Theexperimentofsuchattractioncan,astheywellknow,bemadeoverandover,buttowhatend?Formanyitbecomestootroublesome.YetthepresenceofsoglitteringaspectacleasAileenonthisnighttouchedMr.Rambaudwithanancientambition.Helookedatheralmostsadly.Oncehewasmuchyounger.Butalas,hehadneverattractedtheflaminginterestofanysuchwoman.Ashestudiedhernowhewishedthathemighthaveenjoyedsuchgoodfortune.

           IncontrastwithAileen’sorchidglowandtintedrichnessMrs.Rambaud’ssimplegraysilk,thecollarofwhichcamealmosttoherears,wasdisturbing—almostreproving—butMrs.Rambaud’sladylikecourtesyandgenerositymadeeverythingallright.ShecameoutofintellectualNewEngland—theEmerson–Thoreau-ChanningPhillipsschoolofphilosophy—andwasbroadlytolerant.Asamatteroffact,shelikedAileenandalltheOrientrichnesssherepresented.

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