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Untoward Disclosures

           Hefoundherinteresting,principallybecauseshewasyoung,debonair,sufficientanewtype.TheymetinChicagoafteratimeinsteadofinWisconsin,theninDetroit(whereshehadfriends),theninRockford,whereasisterhadgonetolive.Itwaseasyforhimwithhistimeandmeans.Finally,DuaneKingsland,wholesaleflourmerchant,religious,moral,conventional,whoknewCowperwoodandhisrepute,encounteredMrs.HandandCowperwoodfirstnearOconomowoconesummer’sday,andlaterinRandolphStreet,nearCowperwood’sbachelorrooms.BeingthemanthathewasandknowingoldHandwell,hethoughtitwashisdutytoaskthelatterifhiswifeknewCowperwoodintimately.TherewasanexplosionintheHandhome.Mrs.Hand,whenconfrontedbyherhusband,denied,ofcourse,thattherewasanythingwrongbetweenherandCowperwood.Herelderlyhusband,fromacertaintelltaleexcitementandresentmentinhermanner,didnotbelievethis.HethoughtonceofconfrontingCowperwood;but,beingheavyandpractical,hefinallydecidedtoseverallbusinessrelationshipswithhimandfighthiminotherways.Mrs.Handwaswatchedveryclosely,andasubornedmaiddiscoveredanoldnoteshehadwrittentoCowperwood.AnattempttopersuadehertoleaveforEuropeasoldButlerhadonceattemptedtosendAileenyearsbeforeraisedastormofprotest,butshewent.Hand,frombeingneutralifnotfriendly,becamequitethemostdangerousandforcefulofallCowperwood’sChicagoenemies.Hewasapowerfulman.Hiswrathwasboundless

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