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A New Affection

           Therewerealloffiftydollarsworthofroses.Itgaveherbreathofaworldofmoneythatshehadneverknown.Dailyshesawthenameofhisbankingandbrokeragefirmadvertisedinthepapers.OnceshemethiminMerrill’sstoreatnoon,andheinvitedhertolunch;butshefeltobligedtodecline.Alwayshelookedatherwithsuchstraight,vigorouseyes.Tothinkthatherbeautyhaddoneorwasdoingthis!Hermind,quitebeyondherself,ranforwardtoanhourwhenperhapsthiseager,magneticmanwouldtakechargeofherinawayneverdreamedofbyHarold.Butshewentonpractising,shopping,calling,reading,broodingoverHarold’sinefficiency,andstoppingoddlysometimestothinktheetherealizedgripofCowperwooduponher.Thosestronghandsofhishowfinetheywereandthoselarge,soft-hard,incisiveeyes.ThepuritanismofWichita(modifiedsometimesincebytheartlifeofChicago,suchasitwas)washavingaseverestrugglewiththemanipulativesubtletyoftheagesrepresentedinthisman.

           "Youknowyouareveryelusive,"hesaidtoheroneeveningatthetheaterwhenhesatbehindherduringtheentr’acte,andHaroldandAileenhadgonetowalkinthefoyer.Thehubbubofconversationdrownedthesoundofanythingthatmightbesaid.Mrs.Sohlbergwasparticularlypleasinginalacyeveninggown.

           "No,"shereplied,amusedly,flatteredbyhisattentionandacutelyconsciousofhisphysicalnearness.Bydegreesshehadbeenyieldingherselftohismood,thrillingathiseveryword.

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