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The Exposure of Stephanie

           "Ihavecomeheresimplytoprovetoherthatshecannotlietomeanymore.Heretofore,everytimeIhaveaccusedherofthingslikethisshehascriedandlied.Idonotknowhowmuchyouknowofher,orhowfondyouareofher.Imerelywishher,notyou,toknow"—andheturnedandstaredatStephanie—"thatthedayofherlyingtomeisover.

           DuringthisverypeculiarharangueStephanie,who,nervous,fearful,fixed,andyetbeautiful,remainedcurledupinthecornerofthesuggestiveorientaldivan,hadbeengazingatCowperwoodinawaywhichplainlyattested,trifleasshemightwithothers,thatshewasneverthelessfondofhimintenselyso.Hisstrong,solidfigure,confrontinghersoruthlessly,grippedherimagination,ofwhichshehadaworld.Shehadmanagedtoconcealherbodyinpart,butherbrownarmsandshoulders,herbosom,trimknees,andfeetwereexposedinpart.Herblackhairandnaivefacewerenowheavy,distressed,sad.Shewasfrightenedreally,forCowperwoodatbottomhadalwaysoverawedherastrange,terrible,fascinatingman.Nowshesatandlooked,seekingstilltolurehimbythepatheticcastofherfaceandsoul,whileCowperwood,scornfulofher,andalmostopenlycontemptuousofherlover,andhispossibleopposition,merelystoodsmilingbeforethem.Itcameoverherveryswiftlynowjustwhatitwasshewaslosingagrim,wonderfulman.BesidehimGurney,thepalepoet,wasratherthinamerebreathofromance

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