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A Trip to Louisville

           Carter’shomewereabouttoappearinthepaperswhenColonelGillisandotherswhowerepowerfulsociallyandpoliticallyinterfered;theaffairwashushedup,butMrs.Carterwasindistress.Thiswasmorethanshehadbargainedfor.

           Herquondamfriendswerefrightenedawayforthenonce.Sheherselfhadlostcourage.WhenCowperwoodsawhershehadbeenintheveryhumanactofcrying,andhereyeswerered.

           "Well,well,"hecommented,onseeinghershewasinmoodygrayinthebargain—"youdon’tmeantotellmeyou’reworryingaboutanything,areyou?"

           "Oh,Mr.Cowperwood,"sheexplained,pathetically,"IhavehadsomuchtroublesinceIsawyou.YouheardofMajorHagenback’sdeath,didn’tyou?"Cowperwood,whohadheardsomethingofthestoryfromColonelGillis,nodded."Well,IhavejustbeennotifiedbythepolicethatIwillhavetomove,andthelandlordhasgivenmenotice,too.Ifitjustweren’tformytwochildren—"

           Shedabbedathereyespathetically.

           Cowperwoodmeditatedinterestedly.

           "Haven’tyouanyplaceyoucango?"heasked.

           "IhaveasummerplaceinPennsylvania,"sheconfessed;"butIcan’tgothereverywellinFebruary.Besides,it’smylivingI’mworryingabout.Ihaveonlythistodependon."

           Shewavedherhandinclusivelytowardthevariousrooms."Don’tyouownthatplaceinPennsylvania?"heinquired.

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