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           Whereastheywerespeculatingastohowtooffsettheirheavylossesonthemorrow,hewascongratulatinghimselfoncorrespondinggains.Whenallhisdealsshouldbecloseduphewouldclearwithintheneighborhoodofamilliondollars.HedidnotfeelthathehadworkedMessrs.HullandStackpoleanygreatinjustice.Theywereattheirwit’send.IfhehadnotseizedthisopportunitytoundercutthemSchryhartorArneelwouldhavedoneso,anyhow.

           MingledwiththoughtsofaforthcomingfinancialtriumphwereothersofBereniceFleming.Therearesuchthingsasfigmentsofthebrain,evenintheheadsofcolossi.HethoughtofBereniceearlyandlate;heevendreamedofher.HelaughedathimselfattimesforthusbeingtakeninthetoilsofameregirlthestrandsofherruddyhairbutworkinginChicagothesedayshewasalwaysconsciousofher,ofwhatshewasdoing,ofwhereshewasgoingintheEast,ofhowhappyhewouldbeiftheywereonlytogether,happilymated.

           Ithadsohappened,unfortunately,thatinthecourseofthissummer’sstayatNarragansettBerenice,amongotherdiversions,hadassumedacertaininterestinoneLieutenantLawrenceBraxmar,U.S.N.,whomshefoundloiteringthere,andwhowasthenconnectedwiththenavalstationatPortsmouth,NewHampshire.Cowperwood,comingEastatthistimeforafewdays’stayinordertocatchanotherglimpseofhisideal,hadbeenkeenlydisturbedbythesightofBraxmarandbywhathispresencemightsignify.

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