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The Ordeal of Berenice

           Yethowmuchmore,andhowdifferentwerethoserarefiedreachesofsocialsupremacytowhichpopularreputebearsscarcelyanyrelationshipatall.Howdifferent,indeed?FromwhatCowperwoodhadsaidinChicagoshehadfanciedthatwhentheytookuptheirformalabodeinNewYorkhewouldmakeanattempttostraightenouthislifesomewhat,tomodifythenumberofhisindifferentamoursandtopresentanillusionofsolidarityandunity.Yet,nowthattheyhadactuallyarrived,shenoticedthathewasmoreconcernedwithhisheightenedpoliticalandfinancialcomplicationsinIllinoisandwithhisart-collectionthanhewaswithwhatmighthappentobegoingoninthenewhomeorwhatcouldbemadetohappenthere.Asinthedaysofold,shewasconstantlypuzzledbyhispersistenteveningsoutandhissuddenappearancesanddisappearances.Yet,determineasshemight,ragesecretlyoropenlyasshewould,shecouldnotcureherselfoftheinfectionofCowperwood,thelurethatsurroundedandsubstantiatedamindandspiritfargreaterthananyothershehadeverknown.Neitherhonor,virtue,consistentcharity,norsympathywasthere,butonlyagay,foamy,unterrifiedsufficiencyandacreative,constructivesenseofbeautythat,likesunlitspray,glowingwithalltheirradiativegloriesofthemorning,dancedandfled,spundriftwiseoveraheavyseaofcircumstance.Life,howeverdarkandsomber,couldneverapparentlycloudhissoul.Broodingandidlinginthewonderpalaceofhisconstruction,Aileencouldseewhathewaslike.

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