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Chapter XXX

           ThirteenyearsoflifewithFrankCowperwoodhadtaughtheranumberofthings.Hewasselfish,sheknewnow,self-centered,andnotasmuchcharmedbyherashehadbeen.Thefearshehadoriginallyfeltastotheeffectofherpreponderanceofyearshadbeentosomeextentjustifiedbythelapseoftime.Frankdidnotloveherashehadhehadnotforsometime;shehadfeltit.Whatwasit?shehadaskedherselfattimesalmost,whowasit?Businesswasengrossinghimso.

           Financewashismaster.Didthismeantheendofherregime,shequeried.Wouldhecastheroff?Wherewouldshego?Whatwouldshedo?Shewasnothelpless,ofcourse,forshehadmoneyofherownwhichhewasmanipulatingforher.Whowasthisotherwoman?Wassheyoung,beautiful,ofanysocialposition?Wasit—?Suddenlyshestopped.Wasit?Coulditbe,byanychancehermouthopenedAileenButler?

           Shestoodstill,staringatthisletter,forshecouldscarcelycountenanceherownthought.Shehadobservedoften,inspiteofalltheircaution,howfriendlyAileenhadbeentohimandhetoher.Helikedher;heneverlostachancetodefendher.Lillianhadthoughtofthemattimesasbeingcuriouslysuitedtoeachothertemperamentally.Helikedyoungpeople.But,ofcourse,hewasmarried,andAileenwasinfinitelybeneathhimsocially,andhehadtwochildrenandherself.Andhissocialandfinancialpositionwassofixedandstablethathedidnotdaretriflewithit.

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