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           TheopeningofthehouseinMichiganAvenueoccurredlateinNovemberinthefallofeighteenseventy-eight.WhenAileenandCowperwoodhadbeeninChicagoabouttwoyears.Altogether,betweenpeoplewhomtheyhadmetattheraces,atvariousdinnersandteas,andatreceptionsoftheUnionandCalumetClubs(towhichCowperwood,throughAddison’sbacking,hadbeenadmitted)andthosewhomMcKibbenandLordinfluenced,theywereabletosendinvitationstoaboutthreehundred,ofwhomsometwohundredandfiftyresponded.Uptothistime,owingtoCowperwood’squietmanipulationofhisaffairs,therehadbeennocommentonhispast—noparticularinterestinit.Hehadmoney,affableways,amagneticpersonality.Thebusinessmenofthecity—thosewhomhemetsocially—wereinclinedtoconsiderhimfascinatingandveryclever.Aileenbeingbeautifulandgracefulforattention,wasacceptedatmoreorlessherownvalue,thoughthekinglyhighworldknewthemnot.

           Itisamazingwhatashowingthesociallyunplacedcanmakeonoccasionwheretactanddiscriminationareused.TherewasaweeklysocialpaperpublishedinChicagoatthistime,aratherablepublicationassuchthingsgo,whichCowperwood,withMcKibben’sassistance,hadpressedintoservice.Notmuchcanbedoneunderanycircumstanceswherethecauseisnotessentiallystrong;butwhere,asinthiscase,thereisasemblanceofrespectability,considerablewealth,andgreatforceandmagnetism,allthingsarepossible.

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