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A Trip to Louisville

           Neglectedbyherownset,shunnedbytherespectable,herfortunequitegone,shewasneverthelessdeterminedthatshewouldnotbeaback-streetseamstressorapensioneruponthebountyofquondamfriends.Byinsensibledegreescamefirstunhallowedrelationshipsthroughfriendshipandpassingpassion,thenacuriousintermediatestatebetweenthehighworldoffashionandthehalfworldofharlotry,until,finally,inLouisville,shehadbecome,notopenly,butactually,themistressofahouseofillrepute.Menwhoknewhowthesethingsweredone,andwhowereconsultingtheirownconveniencefarmorethanherwelfare,suggestedtheadvisabilityofit.ThreeorfourfriendslikeColonelGilliswishedroomsconvenientplaceinwhichtoloaf,gamble,andbringtheirwomen.HattieStarrwashernamenow,andassuchshehadevenbecomeknowninavaguewaytothepolicebutonlyvaguelyasawomanwhosehomewassuspiciouslygayonoccasions.

           Cowperwood,withhisappetiteforthewondersoflife,hisappreciationofthedramaswhichproduceeitherfailureorsuccess,couldnothelpbeinginterestedinthisspoiledwomanwhowassailingsovaguelytheseasofchance.ColonelGillisoncesaidthatwithsomestrongmantobackher,NannieFlemingcouldbeputbackintosociety.Shehadapleasantappealsheandhertwochildren,ofwhomsheneverspoke.AfterafewvisitstoherhomeCowperwoodspenthourstalkingwithMrs.CarterwheneverhewasinLouisville.

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