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A Fateful Interlude

           Hewassohandsome.Hehadbeenmarriedtwice.Perhapshisfirstwifewasveryhomelyorverymean-spirited.Shethoughtofthis,andthenextdaywenttoworkmeditatively.Cowperwood,engrossedinhisownplans,wasnotthinkingofheratpresent.Hewasthinkingofthenextmovesinhisinterestinggaswar.AndAileen,seeingheroneday,merelyconsideredheranunderling.Thewomaninbusinesswassuchanoveltythatasyetshewasdeclasse.AileenreallythoughtnothingofAntoinetteatall.

           SomewhatoverayearafterCowperwoodhadbecomeintimatewithMrs.SohlberghisratherpracticalbusinessrelationswithAntoinetteNowaktookonamoreintimatecolor.WhatshallwesayofthisthathehadalreadyweariedofMrs.Sohlberg?Notintheleast.Hewasdesperatelyfondofher.OrthathedespisedAileen,whomhewasthusgrosslydeceiving?Notatall.Shewastohimattimesasattractiveaseverperhapsmoresoforthereasonthatherself-imaginedrightswerebeingthusroughlyinfringedupon.Hewassorryforher,butinclinedtojustifyhimselfonthegroundthattheseotherrelationswithpossiblytheexceptionofMrs.Sohlhergwerenotenduring.IfithadbeenpossibletomarryMrs.Sohlberghemighthavedoneso,andhedidspeculateattimesastowhetheranythingwouldeverinduceAileentoleavehim;butthiswasmoreorlessidlespeculation.Heratherfanciedtheywouldliveouttheirdaystogether,seeingthathewasablethuseasilytodeceiveher.

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