Финансист

Chapter XXXVI

           ButasenseoftherawbrutalityofAileen’sdisposition,andsomethingessentiallycoarseinhimself,madehimeventuallyadopttheothermethod.HeorderedAldersontoperfecthisplan,andoncehefoundAileenorCowperwoodenteringthehousetoinformhimquickly.Hewouldthendrivethere,andwiththeassistanceofthesemenconfronther.

           Itwasafoolishscheme,abrutalizingthingtodo,bothfromthepointofviewofaffectionandanycorrectivetheoryhemighthavehad.Nogoodeverspringsfromviolence.ButButlerdidnotseethat.HewantedtofrightenAileen,tobringherbyshocktoarealizationoftheenormityoftheoffenseshewascommitting.Hewaitedfullyaweekafterhiswordhadbeengiven;andthen,oneafternoon,whenhisnerveswerewornalmostthinfromfretting,theclimaxcame.Cowperwoodhadalreadybeenindicted,andwasnowawaitingtrial.Aileenhadbeenbringinghimnews,fromtimetotime,ofjusthowshethoughtherfatherwasfeelingtowardhim.ShedidnotgetthisevidencedirectfromButler,ofcoursehewastoosecretive,insofarasshewasconcerned,toletherknowhowrelentlesslyhewasengineeringCowperwood’sfinaldownfallbutfromoddbitsconfidedtoOwen,whoconfidedthemtoCallum,whointurn,innocentlyenough,confidedthemtoAileen.Foronething,shehadlearnedinthiswayofthenewdistrictattorneyelecthisprobableattitudeforhewasaconstantcallerattheButlerhouseoroffice.

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