Aileen’s Revenge

           TheinterestingPolkLynde,risingonemorning,decidedthathisaffairwithAileen,sympatheticasitwas,mustculminateintheonefashionsatisfactorytohimhereandnowthisday,ifpossible,orthenext.Sincetheluncheonsomeconsiderabletimehadelapsed,andalthoughhehadtriedtoseekheroutinvariousways,Aileen,owingtoacertainfeelingthatshemustthinkandnotjeopardizeherfuture,hadevadedhim.Sherealizedwellenoughthatshewasattheturningofthebalance,nowthatopportunitywasknockingsoloudlyatherdoor,andshewasexceedinglycoyanddistrait.InspiteofherselftheoldgripofCowperwoodwasoverhertheconvictionthathewassuchatremendousfigureintheworldandthismadeherstrangelydisturbed,nebulous,andmeditative.Anothertypeofwoman,havingtroubledasmuchasshehaddone,wouldhavemadeshortworkofit,particularlysincethedetailsinregardtoMrs.Handhadbeenadded.NotsoAileen.Shecouldnotquiteforgettheearlyvowsandpromisesexchangedbetweenthem,norconquertheoften-fracturedillusionsthathemightstillbehavehimself.

           Ontheotherhand,PolkLynde,marauder,socialadventurer,abucaneeroftheaffections,wasnotsoeasilytobeputaside,delayed,andgainsaid.NotunlikeCowperwood,hewasamanofrealforce,andhismethods,insofaraswomenwereconcerned,wereevenmoredaring.Longtriflingwiththesexhadtaughthimthattheywerecoy,uncertain,foolishlyinconsistentintheirmoods,evenwithregardtowhattheymostdesired.

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