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Chapter XXXIV

           

           AileenButler,duringallthistime,wasfollowingthetrendofCowperwood’soutwardvicissitudesasheraldedbythenewspapersandthelocalgossipwithasmuchinterestandbiasandenthusiasmforhimasherpowerfulphysicalandaffectionalnaturewouldpermit.Shewasnogreatreasonerwhereaffectionenteredin,butshrewdenoughwithoutit;and,althoughshesawhimoftenandhetoldhermuchasmuchashisnaturalcautionwouldpermitsheyetgatheredfromthenewspapersandprivateconversation,atherownfamily’stableandelsewhere,that,asbadastheysaidhewas,hewasnotasbadashemightbe.Oneitemonly,clippedfromthePhiladelphiaPublicLedgersoonafterCowperwoodhadbeenpubliclyaccusedofembezzlement,comfortedandconsoledher.Shecutitoutandcarrieditinherbosom;for,somehow,itseemedtoshowthatheradoredFrankwasfarmoresinnedagainstthansinning.ItwasapartofoneofthoseverynumerouspronunciamientosorreportsissuedbytheCitizens’MunicipalReformAssociation,anditran:

           "Theaspectsofthecasearegraverthanhaveyetbeenallowedtoreachthepublic.Fivehundredthousanddollarsofthedeficiencyarisesnotfromcitybondssoldandnotaccountedfor,butfromloansmadebythetreasurertohisbroker.

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