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A Financier Bewitched

           Hispresentoccupationwasthatofaninstalmentcollectorforafurniturecompany,whichsethimfree,asarule,atthreeo’clockintheafternoon.Hewastrying,inamooningway,toidentifyhimselfwiththeChicagonewspaperworld,andwasadiscoveryofGardnerKnowles.

           StephaniehadseenhimabouttheroomsoftheGarrickPlayers.Shehadlookedathislongishfacewithitsaureoleofsoft,crinklyhair,hisfinewidemouth,deep-seteyes,andgoodnose,andhadbeentouchedbyanatmosphereofwistfulness,or,letussay,life-hunger.GardnerKnowlesbroughtapoemofhisonce,whichhehadborrowedfromhim,andreadittothecompany,Stephanie,EthelTuckerman,LaneCross,andIrmaOttleyassembled.

           "Listentothis,"Knowleshadsuddenlyexclaimed,takingitoutofhispocket.

           Itconcernedagardenofthemoonwiththefragranceofpaleblossoms,amysticpool,someancientfiguresofjoy,aquaveredLucidiantune.

           "WitheeriefluteandrhythmicthrumOfmutedstringsandbeatendrum."

           StephaniePlatowhadsatsilent,caughtbyaqualitythatwasakintoherown.Sheaskedtoseeit,andreaditinsilence.

           "Ithinkit’scharming,"shesaid.

           ThereaftershehoveredinthevicinityofForbesGurney.Why,shecouldscarcelysay.Itwasnotcoquetry.Shejustdrewnear,talkedtohimofstageworkandherplaysandherambitions.

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