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Changing Horizons

           InregardtoheraffairwithLynde,asidefromthetemporaryreliefanddiversionithadaffordedher,shewasbeginningtofeelthatshehadmadeaseriousmistake.Lyndewasdelightful,afterhisfashion.HecouldamuseherwithadifferenttypeofexperiencefromanythatCowperwoodhadtorelate.Oncetheywereintimatehehad,withaneasy,genialair,confessedtoallsortsofliaisonsinEuropeandAmerica.Hewasutterlypaganafaunandatthesametimehewastrulyofthesmartworld.HisopencontemptofallbutoneortwoofthepeopleinChicagowhomAileenhadsecretlyadmiredandwishedtoassociatewith,andhiseasyreferencestofiguresofimportanceintheEastandinParisandLondon,raisedhimamazinglyinherestimation;itmadeherfeel,sadtorelate,thatshehadbynomeansloweredherselfinsuccumbingsoreadilytohisforcefulcharms.

           Nevertheless,becausehewaswhathewasgenial,complimentary,affectionate,butaplayboy,merely,andasoldieroffortune,withnodesiretomakeoverherlifeforheronanynewbasisshewasnowgrievingoverthefutilityofthisromancewhichhadgothernowhere,andwhich,inallprobability,hadalienatedCowperwoodforgood.Hewasstilloutwardlygenialandfriendly,buttheirrelationshipwasnowcoloredbyasenseofmistakeanduncertaintywhichexistedonbothsides,butwhich,inAileen’scase,amountedtoasubtlespeciesofsoul-torture.

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