The Exposure of Stephanie

           AtthesametimethethoughtofreadjustingherrelationssothattheywouldavoiddisloyaltytoCowperwoodwasneverfurtherfromStephanie’smind.LetnoonequarrelwithStephaniePlatow.Shewasanunstablechemicalcompound,artistictoherfinger-tips,notunderstoodorproperlyguardedbyherfamily.HerinterestinCowperwood,hisforceandability,wasintense.SowasherinterestinForbesGurneytheatmosphereofpoetrythatenvelopedhim.Shestudiedhimcuriouslyonthevariousoccasionswhentheymet,and,findinghimbashfulandrecessive,setouttolurehim.Shefeltthathewaslonelyanddepressedandpoor,andherwomanlycapacityforsympathynaturallybadeherbetender.

           Herendwaseasilyachieved.Onenight,whentheywerealloutinBlissBridge’ssingle-stickerafast-sailingsaucerStephanieandForbesGurneysatforwardofthemastlookingatthesilvermoontrackwhichwasdirectlyahead.Therestwereinthecockpit"cuttingup"—laughingandsinging.ItwasveryplaintoallthatStephaniewasbecominginterestedinForbesGurney;andsincehewascharmingandshewilful,nothingwasdonetointerferewiththem,excepttothrowanoccasionaljesttheirway.Gurney,newtoloveandromance,scarcelyknewhowtotakehisgoodfortune,howtobegin.HetoldStephanieofhishomelifeinthewheat-fieldsoftheNorthwest,howhisfamilyhadmovedfromOhiowhenhewasthree,andhowdifficultwerethelaborshehadalwaysundergone.

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