Depths and Heights

           ThecomplicationswhichhadfollowedhisvarioussentimentalaffairsleftCowperwoodinaquandaryattimesastowhethertherecouldbeanypeaceorsatisfactionoutsideofmonogamy,afterall.AlthoughMrs.HandhadgonetoEuropeatthecrisisofheraffairs,shehadreturnedtoseekhimout.CecilyHagueninfoundmanyopportunitiesofwritinghimlettersandassuringhimofherundyingaffection.FlorenceCochranepersistedinseeingorattemptingtoseehimevenafterhisinterestinherbegantowane.ForanotherthingAileen,owingtothecomplicationandgeneraldegeneracyofheraffairs,hadrecentlybeguntodrink.OwingtothefailureofheraffairwithLyndeforinspiteofheryieldingshehadneverhadanyrealheartinterestinitandtothecavalierattitudewithwhichCowperwoodtookherdisloyalty,shehadreachedthatstateofspeculativedoldrumswherethehumananimalturnsuponitselfinbitterself-analysis;theendwiththemoresensitiveorthelessdurableisdissipationorevendeath.Woetohimwhoplaceshisfaithinillusiontheonlyrealityandwoetohimwhodoesnot.Inonewayliesdisillusionwithitspain,intheotherwayregret.

           AfterLynde’sdepartureforEurope,whithershehadrefusedtofollowhim,AileentookupwithasecondarypersonagebythenameofWatsonSkeet,asculptor.Unlikemostartists,hewasthesolitaryheirofthepresidentofanimmensefurniture-manufacturingcompanyinwhichherefusedtotakeanyinterest.

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