Untoward Disclosures

           CoincidentwiththesepublicdisturbancesandofsubsequenthearinguponthemwasthediscoverybyEditorHagueninofCowperwood’srelationshipwithCecily.ItcameaboutnotthroughAileen,whowasnolongerwillingtofightCowperwoodinthismatter,butthroughHaguenin’sladysocietyeditor,who,hearingrumorsinthesocialworld,springingfromheavenknowswhere,andbeingbeholdentoHagueninformanyfavors,hadcarriedthemattertohiminaverydirectway.Haguenin,amanofinsufficientworldlinessinspiteofhisjournalisticprofession,scarcelybelievedit.Cowperwoodwassosuave,socommercial.HehadheardmanythingsconcerninghimhispastbutCowperwood’spresentstateinChicagowassuch,itseemedtohim,astoprecludepettyaffairsofthiskind.Still,thenameofhisdaughterbeinginvolved,hetookthematterupwithCecily,whounderpressureconfessed.Shemadetheusualpleathatshewasofage,andthatshewishedtoliveherownlifelogicwhichshehadgatheredlargelyfromCowperwood’sattitude.Haguenindidnothingaboutitatfirst,thinkingtosendCecilyofftoanauntinNebraska;but,findingherintractable,andfearingsomecounter-adviceorreprisalonthepartofCowperwood,who,bytheway,hadindorsedpapertotheextentofonehundredthousanddollarsforhim,hedecidedtodiscussmattersfirst.Itmeantacessationofrelationsandsomeinconvenientfinancialreadjustments;butithadtobe.

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