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Changing Horizons

           

           ItwasonedaynotlongaftertheirmorningquarrelinherbedroomthatCowperwoodbroachedthematteroflivinginNewYorktoAileen,pointingoutthattherebyhisart-collection,whichwasgrowingconstantly,mightbemoresuitablyhoused,andthatitwouldgiveherasecondopportunitytoentersociallife.

           "Sothatyoucangetridofmeouthere,"commentedAileen,littleknowingofBereniceFleming.

           "Notatall,"repliedCowperwood,sweetly."Youseehowthingsare.There’snochanceofourgettingintoChicagosociety.There’stoomuchfinancialoppositionagainstmehere.IfwehadabighouseinNewYork,suchasIwouldbuild,itwouldbeanintroductioninitself.Afterall,theseChicagoansaren’tevenasnapperontherealsocietywhip.It’stheEasternerswhosetthepace,andtheNew–Yorkersmostofall.Ifyouwanttosaytheword,Icansellthisplaceandwecanlivedownthere,partofthetime,anyhow.IcouldspendasmuchofmytimewithyouthereasIhavebeendoinghereperhapsmore."

           BecauseofhersoulofvanityAileen’smindranforwardinspiteofherselftothewideropportunitieswhichhiswordssuggested.Thishousehadbecomeanightmaretoheraplaceofneglectandbadmemories.HereshehadfoughtwithRitaSohlberg;hereshehadseensocietycomeforaverylittlewhileonlytodisappear;hereshehadwaitedthislongtimefortherenewalofCowperwood’slove,whichwasnowobviouslynevertoberestoredinitsoriginalglamour.

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