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In Search of Victory

           Theywereinvitedtojoinseveralcard-partiesandtoattendinformalconcerts.Itwasaroughpassage,however,andAileenwassick.Itwashardtomakeherselflookjustniceenough,andsoshekepttoherroom.Shewasveryhaughty,distanttoallbutafew,andtothesecarefulofherconversation.Shefeltherselfcomingtobeaveryimportantperson.

           BeforeleavingshehadalmostexhaustedtheresourcesoftheDonovanestablishmentinChicago.Lingerie,boudoircostumes,walking-costumes,riding-costumes,evening-costumesshepossessedinplenty.Shehadajewel-baghiddenawayaboutherpersoncontainingallofthirtythousanddollars’worthofjewels.Hershoes,stockings,hats,andaccessoriesingeneralwereinnumerable.BecauseofallthisCowperwoodwasratherproudofher.Shehadsuchacapacityforlife.Hisfirstwifehadbeenpaleandratheranemic,whileAileenwasfairlyburstingwithsheerphysicalvitality.Shehummedandjestedandprimpedandposed.Therearesomesoulsthatjustare,withoutpreviousrevisionorintrospection.TheearthwithallitslongpastwasameresuggestiontoAileen,dimlyvisualizedifatall.Shemayhaveheardthattherewereoncedinosaursandflyingreptiles,butifsoitmadenodeepimpressiononher.Somebodyhadsaid,orwassaying,thatweweredescendedfrommonkeys,whichwasquiteabsurd,thoughitmightbetrueenough.Ontheseathethrashinghillsofgreenwatersuggestedakindofimmensityandterror,butnottheimmensityofthepoet’sheart.

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