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Chapter LVI

           Cowperwoodwas,tosaytheleast,alittletame.Aileen,afterherfirstburstofrageoverhisfate,whichreallydidnotdevelopanytearsonherpart,wasapparentlyconvincedthathewouldgetoutandbeverysuccessfulagain.Shetalkedsuccessandhisfutureallthetimebecauseshebelievedinit.Instinctivelysheseemedtorealizethatprisonwallscouldnotmakeaprisonforhim.Indeed,onthefirstdaysheleftshehandedBonhagtendollars,andafterthankinghiminherattractivevoicewithoutshowingherface,howeverforhisobviouskindnesstoher,bespokehisfurtherfavorforCowperwood—"averygreatman,"asshedescribedhim,whichsealedthatambitiousmaterialist’sfatecompletely.Therewasnothingtheoverseerwouldnotdofortheyoungladyinthedarkcloak.ShemighthavestayedinCowperwood’scellforaweekifthevisiting-hoursofthepenitentiaryhadnotmadeitimpossible.

           ThedaythatCowperwooddecidedtodiscusswithhiswifethewearinessofhispresentmarriedstateandhisdesiretobefreeofitwassomefourmonthsafterhehadenteredtheprison.Bythattimehehadbecomeinuredtohisconvictlife.Thesilenceofhiscellandthemenialtaskshewascompelledtoperform,whichhadatfirstbeensodistressing,banal,maddening,intheirpointlessiteration,hadnowbecomemerelycommonplacedull,butnotpainful.

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