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The Clash

           Fromthesweetnessanddelicacyofthereceptionatmospherethepolitecooings,posturings,andmouthingssocharmingtocontemplate,soalluringinhershehaddroppedontheinstanttothatnativeanimalconditionthatshowsitselfinfear.Hereyeshadalookofhuntedhorror,herlipsandcheekswerepaleanddrawn.Sheretreatedinastaggering,ungracefulway;shewrithedandsquirmed,screaminginthestrongclutchoftheirateandvigorousAileen.

           Cowperwoodenteredthehallbelowjustbeforethescreamsbegan.HehadfollowedtheSohlbergsalmostimmediatelyfromhisoffice,and,chancingtoglanceinthereception-room,hehadobservedSohlbergsmiling,radiant,anintangibleairofself-ingratiating,social,andartisticsycophancyabouthim,hislongblackfrock-coatbuttonedsmoothlyaroundhisbody,hissilkhatstillinhishands.

           "Awe,howdoyoudo,MeezterCowperwood,"hewasbeginningtosay,hiscurlyheadshakinginafriendlymanner,"I’msoagladtoseeyouagain"whenbutwhocanimitateascreamofterror?Wehavenowords,nosymbolseven,forthoseessentialsoundsoffrightandagony.Theyfilledthehall,thelibrary,thereception-room,thedistantkitcheneven,andbasementwithakindofvibrantterror.

           Cowperwood,alwaysthemanofactionasopposedtonervouscogitation,bracedupontheinstantliketautwire.

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