Финансист

Chapter LIX

           CowperwoodinPhiladelphia,becauseapparentlyshewishedit.Timehadnotseeminglydealtbadlywithher.Herfinancialaffairs,oncesobad,werenowapparentlyallstraightenedout,andsheoccupiedinWestPhiladelphia,nearoneofhersisters,anewandinterestinghomewhichwasfittedwithallthecomfortsofanexcellentmiddle-classresidence.Shewasnowquitereligiousoncemore.Thetwochildren,FrankandLillian,wereinprivateschools,returningeveningstotheirmother."Wash"Simswasoncemorethenegrogeneralfactotum.FrequentvisitorsonSundayswereMr.andMrs.HenryWorthingtonCowperwood,nolongerdistressedfinancially,butsubduedandwearied,thewindcompletelygonefromtheironcemuch-favoredsails.Cowperwood,senior,hadsufficientmoneywherewithtosustainhimself,andthatwithoutslavingasapettyclerk,buthissocialjoyinlifewasgone.Hewasold,disappointed,sad.Hecouldfeelthatwithhisquondamhonorandfinancialglory,hewasthesameandhewasnot.Hiscourageandhisdreamsweregone,andheawaiteddeath.

           Here,too,cameAnnaAdelaideCowperwoodonoccasion,aclerkinthecitywateroffice,whospeculatedmuchastothestrangevicissitudesoflife.Shehadgreatinterestinherbrother,whoseemeddestinedbyfatetoplayaconspicuouspartintheworld;butshecouldnotunderstandhim.Seeingthatallthosewhowereneartohiminanywayseemedtoriseorfallwithhisprosperity,shedidnotunderstandhowjusticeandmoralswerearrangedinthisworld

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