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The Die is Cast

           "(ShewasreferringtoAileen’sfather,EdwardMaliaButler.)"WhenhecameoutofthepenitentiaryCowperwooddisappeared,andIdidhearsomeonesaythathehadgoneWest,anddivorcedhiswifeandmarriedagain.HisfirstwifeisstilllivinginPhiladelphiasomewherewithhistwochildren."

           Mrs.Merrillwasproperlyastonished,butshedidnotshowit."Quiteaninterestingstory,isn’tit?"shecommented,distantly,thinkinghoweasyitwouldbetoadjusttheCowperwoodsituation,andhowpleasedshewasthatshehadnevershownanyinterestinthem."Didyoueverseeherhisnewwife?"

           "Ithinkso,butIforgetwhere.IbelievesheusedtorideanddriveagreatdealinPhiladelphia."

           "Didshehaveredhair?"

           "Ohyes.Shewasaverystrikingblonde."

           "Ifancyitmustbethesameperson.TheyhavebeeninthepapersrecentlyinChicago.Iwantedtobesure."

           Mrs.Merrillwasmeditatingsomefinecommentstobemadeinthefuture.

           "Isupposenowthey’retryingtogetintoChicagosociety?"Mrs.WalkersmiledcondescendinglyandcontemptuouslyasmuchatChicagosocietyasattheCowperwoods.

           "It’spossiblethattheymightattemptsomethinglikethatintheEastandsucceedI’msureIdon’tknow,"repliedMrs.Merrill,caustically,resentingtheslur,"butattemptingandachievingarequitedifferentthingsinChicago."

           Theanswerwassufficient.Itendedthediscussion.

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