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Concerning A Wife And Family

           Individualisticandevenanarchisticincharacter,andwithoutashredoftruedemocracy,yettemperamentallyhewasinsympathywiththemassmorethanhewaswiththeclass,andheunderstoodthemassbetter.Perhapsthis,inaway,willexplainhisdesiretoconnecthimselfwithapersonalitysonaiveandstrangeasPeterLaughlin.Hehadannexedhimasasurgeonselectsaspecialknifeorinstrumentforanoperation,and,shrewdasoldLaughlinwas,hewasdestinedtobenomorethanatoolinCowperwood’sstronghands,amerehustlingmessenger,contenttotakeordersfromthisswiftestofmovingbrains.ForthepresentCowperwoodwassatisfiedtodobusinessunderthefirmnameofPeterLaughlin&Co.asamatteroffact,hepreferredit;forhecouldthuskeephimselfsufficientlyinconspicuoustoavoidundueattention,andgraduallyworkoutoneortwocoupsbywhichhehopedtofirmlyfixhimselfinthefinancialfutureofChicago.

           AsthemostessentialpreliminarytothesocialaswellasthefinancialestablishmentofhimselfandAileeninChicago,HarperSteger,Cowperwood’slawyer,wasdoinghisbestallthiswhiletoingratiatehimselfintheconfidenceofMrs.Cowperwood,whohadnofaithinlawyersanymorethanshehadinherrecalcitranthusband.Shewasnowatall,severe,andratherplainwoman,butstillbearingthemarksoftheformerpassivecharmthathadonceinterestedCowperwood.Notablecrows’-feethadcomeaboutthecornersofhernose,mouth,andeyes.

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