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A Fateful Interlude

           ButasforagirllikeAntoinetteNowak,shefiguredinthatbraidedsymphonyofmeresexattractionwhichsomehowmakesupthatgeometricformulaofbeautywhichrulestheworld.Shewascharminginadarkway,beautiful,witheyesthatburnedwithanunsatisfiedfire;andCowperwood,althoughatfirstonlyintheleastmovedbyher,becamebydegreesinterestedinher,wonderingattheamazing,transformingpoweroftheAmericanatmosphere.

           "AreyourparentsEnglish,Antoinette?"heaskedher,onemorning,withthateasyfamiliaritywhichheassumedtoallunderlingsandminorintellectsanairthatcouldnotberesentedinhim,andwhichwasusuallyacceptedasacompliment.

           Antoinette,cleanandfreshinawhiteshirtwaist,ablackwalking-skirt,aribbonofblackvelvetaboutherneck,andherlong,blackhairlaidinaheavybraidlowoverherforeheadandheldclosebyawhitecelluloidcomb,lookedathimwithpleasedandgratefuleyes.Shehadbeenusedtosuchdifferenttypesofmentheearnest,fiery,excitable,sometimesdrunkenandswearingmenofherchildhood,alwaysstriking,marching,prayingintheCatholicchurches;andthenthemenofthebusinessworld,crazyovermoney,andwithnounderstandingofanythingsavesomefewfactsaboutChicagoanditsmomentarypossibilities.InCowperwood’soffice,takinghislettersandhearinghimtalkinhisquick,genialwaywitholdLaughlin,Sippens,andothers,shehadlearnedmoreoflifethanshehadeverdreamedexisted.

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