Chapter XXXVII

           InspiteofButler’srageandhisdeterminationtodomanythingstothefinancier,ifhecould,hewassowroughtupandshockedbytheattitudeofAileenthathecouldscarcelybelievehewasthesamemanhehadbeentwenty-fourhoursbefore.Shewassononchalant,sodefiant.Hehadexpectedtoseeherwiltcompletelywhenconfrontedwithherguilt.Instead,hefound,tohisdespair,aftertheywereoncesafelyoutofthehouse,thathehadarousedafightingqualityinthegirlwhichwasnotincomparabletohisown.ShehadsomeofhisownandOwen’sgrit.Shesatbesidehiminthelittlerunaboutnothisowninwhichhewasdrivingherhome,herfacecoloringandblanchingbyturns,asdifferentwavesofthoughtsweptoverher,determinedtostandhergroundnowthatherfatherhadsoplainlytrappedher,todeclareforCowperwoodandherloveandherpositioningeneral.Whatdidshecare,sheaskedherself,whatherfatherthoughtnow?Shewasinthisthing.ShelovedCowperwood;shewaspermanentlydisgracedinherfather’seyes.Whatdifferencecoulditallmakenow?Hehadfallensolowinhisparentalfeelingastospyonherandexposeherbeforeothermenstrangers,detectives,Cowperwood.Whatrealaffectioncouldshehaveforhimafterthis?Hehadmadeamistake,accordingtoher.Hehaddoneafoolishandacontemptiblething,whichwasnotwarrantedhoweverbadheractionsmighthavebeen.

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