Chapter XLVIII

           BythetimetheStateSupremeCourtcametopassuponCowperwood’spleaforareversalofthelowercourtandthegrantingofanewtrial,therumorofhisconnectionwithAileenhadspreadfarandwide.Ashasbeenseen,ithaddoneandwasstilldoinghimmuchdamage.Itconfirmedtheimpression,whichthepoliticianshadoriginallytriedtocreate,thatCowperwoodwasthetruecriminalandStenerthevictim.Hissemi-legitimatefinancialsubtlety,backedindeedbyhisfinancialgenius,butcertainlyonthisaccountnotworsethanthatbeingpracticedinpeaceandquietandwithmuchapplauseinmanyotherquarterswasnowseentobeMachiavelliantrickeryofthemostdangeroustype.Hehadawifeandtwochildren;andwithoutknowingwhathisrealthoughtshadbeenthefruitfullyimaginativepublicjumpedtotheconclusionthathehadbeenonthevergeofdesertingthem,divorcingLillian,andmarryingAileen.Thiswascriminalenoughinitself,fromtheconservativepointofview;butwhentakeninconnectionwithhisfinancialrecord,histrial,conviction,andgeneralbankruptcysituation,thepublicwasinclinedtobelievethathewasallthepoliticianssaidhewas.Heoughttobeconvicted.TheSupremeCourtoughtnottogranthisprayerforanewtrial.Itisthusthatourinmostthoughtsandintentionsburstattimesvianoknownmaterialagencyintopublicthoughts.Peopleknow,whentheycannotapparentlypossiblyknowwhytheyknow.Thereissuchathingasthought-transferenceandtranscendentalismofideas.

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