Финансист

Chapter XXII

           TheCowperwoodsthemselves,inspiteofFrankCowperwood’sartisticproclivitiesandgrowingwealth,hadnotpenetratedtheinnercircleasyet.Infact,asidefromthesubtle,preliminaryconsiderationwhichtheywerereceiving,theywerealongwayoff.

           Nonetheless,andinstinctivelyinCowperwoodAileenrecognizedawayoutadoorandbythesametokenasubtle,impendingartisticfutureofgreatmagnificence.Thismanwouldrisebeyondanythinghenowdreamedofshefeltit.Therewasinhim,insomenebulous,unrecognizableform,agreatartisticrealitywhichwasfinerthananythingshecouldplanforherself.Shewantedluxury,magnificence,socialstation.Well,ifshecouldgetthismantheywouldcometoher.Therewere,apparently,insuperablebarriersintheway;butherswasnoweaklingnature,andneitherwashis.Theyrantogethertemperamentallyfromthefirstliketwoleopards.Herownthoughtscrude,halfformulated,halfspokenneverthelessmatchedhistoadegreeintheequalityoftheirforceandtheirrawdirectness.

           "Idon’tthinkpapaknowshowtodo,"shesaidtohim,oneday."Itisn’thisfault.Hecan’thelpit.Heknowsthathecan’t.AndheknowsthatIknowit.ForyearsIwantedhimtomoveoutofthatoldhousethere.Heknowsthatheoughtto.Buteventhatwouldn’tdomuchgood."

           Shepaused,lookingathimwithastraight,clear,vigorousglance.Helikedthemedallionsharpnessofherfeaturestheirsmooth,Greekmodeling.

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