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Chapter LVI

           It’strueIamveryfondofherandsheisverydevotedtome,andifeverIgetoutofhereIwanttoarrangeitsothatIcanmarryher.Thatmeansthatyouwillhavetogivemeadivorce,ifyouwill;andIwanttotalktoyouaboutthatnow.Thiscan’tbesoverymuchofasurprisetoyou,becauseyoumusthaveseenthislongwhilethatourrelationshiphasn’tbeenallthatitmighthavebeen,andunderthecircumstancesthiscan’tprovesuchaverygreathardshiptoyouIamsure."Hepaused,waiting,forMrs.Cowperwoodatfirstsaidnothing.

           Herthought,whenhefirstbroachedthis,wasthatsheoughttomakesomedemonstrationofastonishmentorwrath:butwhenshelookedintohissteady,examiningeyes,sofreefromtheillusionoforinterestindemonstrationsofanykind,sherealizedhowuselessitwouldbe.Hewassoutterlymatter-of-factinwhatseemedtoherquiteprivateandsecretaffairsveryshameless.Shehadneverbeenabletounderstandquitehowhecouldtakethesubtletiesoflifeashedid,anyhow.Certainthingswhichshealwaysfanciedshouldbehusheduphespokeofwiththegreatestnonchalance.Herearstingledsometimesathisfranknessindisposingofasocialsituation;butshethoughtthismustbecharacteristicofnotablemen,andsotherewasnothingtobesaidaboutit.Certainmendidastheypleased;societydidnotseemtobeabletodealwiththeminanyway.PerhapsGodwould,latershewasnotsure.

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