An Overture to Conflict

           TheresultofthisunderstandingwasnotsoimportanttoCowperwoodasitwastoAntoinette.Inavagrantmoodhehadunlockedaspiritherewhichwasfiery,passionate,butinhiscasehopelesslyworshipful.Howevermuchshemightbegrievedbyhim,Antoinette,ashesubsequentlylearned,wouldneversinagainsthispersonalwelfare.Yetshewasunwittinglythemeansoffirstopeningtheflood-gatesofsuspiciononAileen,therebyestablishinginthelatter’smindthefactofCowperwood’spersistentunfaithfulness.

           Theincidentswhichleduptothiswerecomparativelytrivialnothingmore,indeed,atfirstthanthesightofMissNowakandCowperwoodtalkingintimatelyinhisofficeoneafternoonwhentheothershadgoneandthefactthatsheappearedtobealittlebitdisturbedbyAileen’sarrival.LatercamethediscoverythoughofthisAileencouldnotbeabsolutelysureofCowperwoodandAntoinetteinaclosedcarriageonestormyNovemberafternooninStateStreetwhenhewassupposedtobeoutofthecity.ShewascomingoutofMerrill’sstoreatthetime,andjusthappenedtoglanceatthepassingvehicle,whichwasrunningnearthecurb.Aileen,althoughuncertain,wasgreatlyshocked.Coulditbepossiblethathehadnotlefttown?ShejourneyedtohisofficeonthepretextoftakingoldLaughlin’sdog,Jennie,aprettycollarshehadfound;actuallytofindifAntoinettewereawayatthesametime.

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