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In Search of Victory

           AfterherownPhiladelphiaexperienceshehaddecidedtobeonherguardandnotindulgeintoomuchgossip.Arrowsofthisparticularkindcouldsoreadilyflyinherdirection.

           "Buthersetisreallymuchthesmartest,"complimentedAileen’scompanion.

           ThereafteritwasAileen’sambitiontoassociatewithMrs.AnsonMerrill,tobefullyandfreelyacceptedbyher.Shedidnotknow,althoughshemighthavefeared,thatthatambitionwasnevertoberealized.

           ButtherewereotherswhohadcalledatthefirstCowperwoodhome,orwithwhomtheCowperwoodsmanagedtoformanacquaintance.ThereweretheSunderlandSledds,Mr.Sleddbeinggeneraltrafficmanagerofoneofthesouthwesternrailwaysenteringthecity,andagentlemanoftasteandcultureandsomewealth;hiswifeanambitiousnobody.ThereweretheWalterRysamCottons,Cottonbeingawholesalecoffee-broker,butmoreespeciallyalocalsociallitterateur;hiswifeagraduateofVassar.ThereweretheNorrieSimmses,SimmsbeingsecretaryandtreasureroftheDouglasTrustandSavingsCompany,andapowerinanothergroupoffinancialpeople,agroupentirelydistinctfromthatrepresentedbyAddisonandRambaud.

           OthersincludedtheStanislauHoecksemas,wealthyfurriers;theDuaneKingslands,wholesaleflour;theWebsterIsraelses,packers;theBradfordCandas,jewelers.Allthesepeopleamountedtosomethingsocially.Theyallhadsubstantialhomesandsubstantialincomes,sothattheywereworthyofconsideration.

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