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Changing Horizons

           Truetohispromiseofprotectorshipandassistance,hehadestablishedherinaNewYorkapartmentadjacenttoherdaughter’sschool,andwherehefanciedthathehimselfmightspendmanyhappyhourswereBerenicebutnear.ProximitytoBerenice!Thedesiretoarouseherinterestandcommandherfavor!Cowperwoodwouldscarcelyhavecaredtoadmittohimselfhowgreatapartthisplayedinathoughtwhichhadrecentlybeencreepingintohismind.ItwasthatoferectingasplendidhouseinNewYork.

           BydegreesthisideaofbuildingaNewYorkhousehadgrownuponhim.HisChicagomansionwasacostlysepulcherinwhichAileensatbroodingoverthewoeswhichhadbefallenher.Moreover,asidefromthesocialdefeatwhichitrepresented,itwasbecomingmerelyasastructure,butpoorlytypicalofthesplendorandabilityofhisimaginations.Thisseconddwelling,ifheeverachievedit,shouldberesplendent,amonumenttohimself.Inhisspeculativewanderingsabroadhehadseenmanysuchgreatpalaces,designedwiththeutmostcare,whichhadhousedthetasteandcultureofgenerationsofmen.Hisart-collection,inwhichhetookanimmensepride,hadbeengrowing,untilitwasthebasisifnotthecompletedsubstanceforaverysplendidmemorial.Alreadyinitweregatheredpaintingsofalltheimportantschools;tosaynothingofcollectionsofjade,illuminedmissals,porcelains,rugs,draperies,mirrorframes,andabeginningatrareoriginalsofsculpture.

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