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A New Retainer

           

           WhenCowperwoodandMcKentyfirstmet,itwasonaspringeveningatthelatter’shome.Thewindowsofthelargehousewerepleasantlyopen,thoughscreened,andthecurtainswereblowingfaintlyinalightair.Alongwithasenseofthenewgreenlifeeverywherecameabreathofstock-yards.

           OnthepresentationofAddison’sletterandofanother,securedthroughVanSicklefromawell-knownpoliticaljudge,Cowperwoodhadbeeninvitedtocall.Onhisarrivalhewasofferedadrink,acigar,introducedtoMrs.McKentywho,lackinganorganizedsociallifeofanykind,wasalwayspleasedtomeetthesecelebritiesoftheupperworld,ifonlyforamomentandshowneventuallyintothelibrary.Mrs.McKenty,ashemighthaveobservedifhehadhadtheeyeforit,wasplumpandfifty,asortofsuperannuatedAileen,butstillshowingtracesofaformerhardybeauty,andconcealingprettywelltheevidencesthatshehadoncebeenaprostitute.ItsohappenedthatonthisparticulareveningMcKentywasinamostgenialframeofmind.Therewerenoimmediatepoliticaltroublesbotheringhimjustnow.ItwasearlyinMay.Outsidethetreeswerebudding,thesparrowsandrobinswerevoicingtheirseveralmoods.Adelicioushazewasintheair,andsomeearlymosquitoeswerereconnoiteringthescreenswhichprotectedthewindowsanddoors.Cowperwood,inspiteofhisvarioustroubles,wasinacomplacentstateofmindhimself.Helikedlifeevenitsverydifficultcomplicationsperhapsitscomplicationsbestofall.

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