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A Fateful Interlude

           AtAix-les-Bains,Biarritz,Paris,evenLondon,Aileenneverknewthattherewasanadditionalfigureinthebackground.CowperwoodwastrainedbyRitaintoareallyfinerpointofview.Hecametoknowbettermusic,books,eventhefacts.Sheencouragedhiminhisideaofarepresentativecollectionoftheoldmasters,andbeggedhimtobecautiousinhisselectionofmoderns.Hefelthimselftobedelightfullysituatedindeed.

           Thedifficultywiththissituation,aswithallsuchwhereanindividualventuresthusbucaneeringlyontheseaofsex,isthepossibilityofthosestormswhichresultfrommisplacedconfidence,andfromourbuilt-upsystemofethicsrelatingtopropertyinwomen.ToCowperwood,however,whowasalawuntohimself,whoknewnolawexceptsuchasmightbeimposeduponhimbyhislackofabilitytothink,thispossibilityofentanglement,wrath,rage,pain,offerednoparticularobstacle.Itwasnotatallcertainthatanysuchthingwouldfollow.Wheretheaveragemanmighthavefoundonesuchliaisondifficulttomanage,Cowperwood,aswehaveseen,hadpreviouslyenteredonseveralsuchaffairsalmostsimultaneously;andnowhehadventuredonyetanother;inthelastinstancewithmuchgreaterfeelingandenthusiasm.Thepreviousaffairshadbeenemotionalmakeshiftsatbestmoreorlessidlephilanderingsinwhichhisdeepermoodsandfeelingswerenotconcerned.InthecaseofMrs.Sohlbergallthiswaschanged.Forthepresentatleastshewasreallyallinalltohim.

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