Chapter XVIII

           Theseedsofchangesubtle,metaphysicalarerooteddeeply.FromthefirstmentionofthedancebyMrs.CowperwoodandAnna,Aileenhadbeenconsciousofadesiretowardamoreeffectivepresentationofherselfthanasyet,forallherfather’smoney,shehadbeenabletoachieve.Thecompanywhichshewastoencounter,asshewellknew,wastobesomuchmoreimpressive,distinguishedthananythingshehadheretoforeknownsocially.Then,too,Cowperwoodappearedassomethingmoredefiniteinhermindthanhehadbeenbefore,andtosaveherselfshecouldnotgethimoutofherconsciousness.

           Avisionofhimhadcometoherbutanhourbeforeasshewasdressing.Inawayshehaddressedforhim.Shewasneverforgetfulofthetimeshehadlookedatherinaninterestedway.Hehadcommentedonherhandsonce.To-dayhehadsaidthatshelooked"stunning,"andshehadthoughthoweasyitwouldbetoimpresshimto-nighttoshowhimhowtrulybeautifulshewas.

           Shehadstoodbeforehermirrorbetweeneightandnineitwasnine-fifteenbeforeshewasreallyreadyandponderedoverwhatsheshouldwear.Thereweretwotallpier-glassesinherwardrobeanundulylargepieceoffurnitureandoneinherclosetdoor.Shestoodbeforethelatter,lookingatherbarearmsandshoulders,hershapelyfigure,thinkingofthefactthatherleftshoulderhadadimple,andthatshehadselectedgarnetgartersdecoratedwithheart-shapedsilverbuckles.

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