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In Search of Victory

           ThelatterwerejustbeginningtodreamofdancesatKinsley’s,astatedKirmess,andsummerdiversionsoftheEuropeankind,buttheyhadnotarrivedasyet.Thefirstclass,althoughbyfarthedullestandmostbovine,wasstillthemostpowerfulbecausetheyweretherichest,moneyasyetprovidingthehigheststandard.Thefunctionswhichthesepeopleprovidedwerestupidtothevergeofdistraction;reallytheywereonlytheweek-dayreceptionsandSunday-afternooncallsofSqueedunkandHohokusraisedtotheNthpower.Thepurposeofthewholematterwastoseeandbeseen.Noveltyineitherthoughtoractionwasdecidedlyeschewed.Itwas,asamatteroffact,customarinessofthoughtandactionandthequintessenceofconventionthatwasdesired.Theideaofintroducinga"playactress,"forinstance,aswasdoneoccasionallyintheEastorinLondonnever;evenasingeroranartistwaseyedaskance.Onecouldeasilygotoofar!ButifaEuropeanprinceshouldhavestrayedtoChicago(whichheneverdid)orifanEasternsocialmagnatechancedtostayoveratrainortwo,thenthetopmostcircleoflocalwealthwaspreparedtostrainitselftothebreaking-point.Cowperwoodhadsensedallthisonhisarrival,buthefanciedthatifhebecamerichandpowerfulenoughheandAileen,withtheirfinehousetohelpthem,mightwellbetheleavenwhichwouldlightenthewholelump.Unfortunately,Aileenwastooobviouslyonthequiviveforthoseopportunitieswhichmightleadtosocialrecognitionandequality,ifnotsupremacy.

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