Changing Horizons

           TheeffectofallthiswastoarouseinCowperwoodthekeenestfeelingsofsuperiorityhehadeveryetenjoyed.Hithertohehadfanciedthathisenemiesmightworsthim,butatlasthispathseemedclear.Hewasnowworth,allinall,theroundsumoftwentymilliondollars.Hisart-collectionhadbecomethemostimportantintheWestperhapsinthenation,publiccollectionsexcluded.Hebegantoenvisionhimselfasanationalfigure,possiblyevenaninternationalone.Andyethewascomingtofeelthat,nomatterhowcompletehisfinancialvictorymightultimatelybe,thechanceswerethatheandAileenwouldneverbesociallyacceptedhereinChicago.Hehaddonetoomanyboisterousthingsalienatedtoomanypeople.HewasasdeterminedasevertoretainafirmgripontheChicagostreet-railwaysituation.Buthewasdisturbedforasecondtimeinhislifebythethoughtthat,owingtothecomplexitiesofhisowntemperament,hehadmarriedunhappilyandwouldfindthesituationdifficultofadjustment.Aileen,whatevermightbesaidofherdeficiencies,wasbynomeansastractableoracquiescentashisfirstwife.And,besides,hefeltthatheowedherabetterturn.Bynomeansdidheactuallydislikeherasyet;thoughshewasnolongersoothing,stimulating,orsuggestivetohimasshehadformerlybeen.Herwoes,becauseofhim,weretoomany;herattitudetowardhimtoocensorious.

Налаштування
Фон сторінки
Розмір шрифту
Міжрядковий інтервал
Фразові дієслова
Показати / Приховати меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Сторінка 546 з 794