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The Daughter of Mrs. Fleming

           Theworldhowlittleitshouldever,everknow!Howlittleitevercouldknowtruly!

           ThefirsttimeCowperwoodencounteredthisCircedaughterofsounfortunateamotherwasontheoccasionofatriptoNewYork,thesecondspringfollowinghisintroductiontoMrs.CarterinLouisville.BerenicewastakingsomepartintheclosingexercisesoftheBrewsterSchool,andMrs.Carter,withCowperwoodforanescort,decidedtogoEast.CowperwoodhavinglocatedhimselfattheNetherlands,andMrs.CarteratthemuchhumblerGrenoble,theyjourneyedtogethertovisitthisparagonwhosepicturehehadhadhanginginhisroomsinChicagoformonthspast.WhentheywereintroducedintothesomewhatsomberreceptionparloroftheBrewsterSchool,Berenicecameslippinginafterafewmoments,anoiselessfigureofagirl,tallandslim,anddeliciouslysinuous.Cowperwoodsawatfirstglancethatshefulfilledallthepromiseofherpicture,andwasdelighted.Shehad,hethought,astrange,shrewd,intelligentsmile,which,however,wasgirlishandfriendly.Withoutsomuchasaglanceinhisdirectionshecameforward,extendingherarmsandhandsinaninimitablehistrionicmanner,andexclaimed,withapractisedandyetnaturalinflection:"Mother,dear!Sohereyouarereally!Youknow,I’vebeenthinkingofyouallmorning.Iwasn’tsurewhetheryouwouldcometo-day,youchangeaboutso.IthinkIevendreamedofyoulastnight."

           Herskirts,stillwornjustbelowtheshoe-tops,hadtherichnessofscrapingsilkthenfashionable.

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