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The Clash

           SoCowperwoodandRita’sstatewasquitecomfortable.

           ButAileen,meditatingoverAntoinetteNowak,wasbesideherselfwithcuriosity,doubt,worry.ShedidnotwanttoinjureCowperwoodinanywayafterhisbitterPhiladelphiaexperience,andyetwhenshethoughtofhisdesertingherinthiswayshefellintoagreatrage.Hervanity,asmuchasherlove,washurt.Whatcouldshedotojustifyorsetatresthersuspicions?Watchhimpersonally?Shewastoodignifiedandvaintolurkaboutstreet-cornersorofficesorhotels.Never!Startaquarrelwithoutadditionalevidencethatwouldbesilly.Hewastooshrewdtogiveherfurtherevidenceonceshespoke.Hewouldmerelydenyit.Shebroodedirritably,recallingafteratime,andwithanachingheart,thatherfatherhadputdetectivesonhertrackoncetenyearsbefore,andhadactuallydiscoveredherrelationswithCowperwoodandtheirrendezvous.Bitterasthatmemorywastorturingyetnowthesamemeansseemednottooabhorrenttoemployunderthecircumstances.NoharmhadcometoCowperwoodintheformerinstance,shereasonedtoherselfnoespecialharmfromthatdiscovery(thiswasnottrue),andnonewouldcometohimnow.(Thisalsowasnottrue.)Butonemustforgiveafiery,passionatesoul,woundedtothequick,someerrorsofjudgment.Herthoughtwasthatshewouldfirstbesurejustwhatitwasherbelovedwasdoing,andthendecidewhatcoursetotake.

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