Chapter LVII

           ThetimethatCowperwoodspentintheEasternPenitentiaryofPennsylvaniawasexactlythirteenmonthsfromthedayofhisentrytohisdischarge.Theinfluenceswhichbroughtaboutthisresultwerepartlyofhiswilling,andpartlynot.Foronething,somesixmonthsafterhisincarceration,EdwardMaliaButlerdied,expiredsittinginhischairinhisprivateofficeathishome.TheconductofAileenhadbeenagreatstrainonhim.FromthetimeCowperwoodhadbeensentenced,andmoreparticularlyafterthetimehehadcriedonAileen’sshoulderinprison,shehadturnedonherfatherinanalmostbrutalway.Herattitude,unnaturalforachild,wasquiteexplicableasthatofatorturedsweetheart.CowperwoodhadtoldherthathethoughtButlerwasusinghisinfluencetowithholdapardonforhim,eventhoughoneweregrantedtoStener,whoselifeinprisonhehadbeenfollowingwithconsiderableinterest;andthishadenragedherbeyondmeasure.Shelostnochanceofbeingpracticallyinsultingtoherfather,ignoringhimoneveryoccasion,refusingasoftenaspossibletoeatatthesametable,andwhenshedid,sittingnexthermotherintheplaceofNorah,withwhomshemanagedtoexchange.Sherefusedtosingorplayanymorewhenhewaspresent,andpersistentlyignoredthelargenumberofyoungpoliticalaspirantswhocametothehouse,andwhosepresenceinawayhadbeenencouragedforherbenefit.OldButlerrealized,ofcourse,whatitwasallabout.Hesaidnothing.Hecouldnotplacateher.

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