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The Coming of Stephanie Platow

           Whatisanideal,anyhow?Awraith,amist,aperfumeinthewind,adreamoffairwater.Thesoul-yearningofagirllikeAntoinetteNowakwasalittletoostrainedforhim.Itwastooardent,tooclinging,andhehadgraduallyextricatedhimself,notwithoutdifficulty,fromthatparticularentanglement.Sincethenhehadbeenintimatewithotherwomenforbriefperiods,buttonogreatsatisfactionDorothyOrmsby,JessieBelleHinsdale,TomaLewis,HildaJewell;buttheyshallbenamesmerely.Onewasanactress,oneastenographer,onethedaughterofoneofhisstockpatrons,oneachurch-worker,asolicitorforcharitycomingtohimtoseekhelpforanorphan’shome.Itwasapatheticmessattimes,butsoarealldefiantvariationsfromtheaccustomeddriftofthings.InthehardylanguageofNapoleon,onecannotmakeanomelettewithoutcrackinganumberofeggs.

           ThecomingofStephaniePlatow,RussianJewessononesideofherfamily,SouthwesternAmericanontheother,wasaneventinCowperwood’slife.Shewastall,graceful,brilliant,young,withmuchoftheoptimismofRitaSohlberg,andyetendowedwithastrangefatalismwhich,onceheknewherbetter,touchedandmovedhim.HemetheronshipboardonthewaytoGoteborg.Herfather,IsadorePlatow,wasawealthyfurrierofChicago.

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