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A New York Mansion

           CarteroncesaidtoBerenice,"thathecouldn’thavegottenadivorcefromhiswifebeforehebeganallthis.Iamsoafraidtheywillneverbereceived.Hewouldbeifheonlyhadtherightwoman;butshe—"Mrs.Carter,whohadonceseenAileeninChicago,shookherheaddoubtfully."Sheisnotthetype,"washercomment."Shehasneithertheairnortheunderstanding."

           "Ifheissounhappywithher,"observedBerenice,thoughtfully,"whydoesn’theleaveher?Shecanbehappywithouthim.Itissosillythiscat-and-dogexistence.StillIsupposeshevaluesthepositionhegivesher,"sheadded,"sincesheisn’tsointerestingherself."

           "Isuppose,"saidMrs.Carter,"thathemarriedhertwentyyearsago,whenhewasaverydifferentmanfromwhatheisto-day.Sheisnotexactlycoarse,butnotcleverenough.Shecannotdowhathewouldliketoseedone.Ihatetoseemismatingsofthiskind,andyettheyaresocommon.Idohope,Bevy,thatwhenyoumarryitwillbesomeonewithwhomyoucangetalong,thoughIdobelieveIwouldratherseeyouunhappythanpoor."

           ThiswasdeliveredasanearlybreakfastperorationinCentralParkSouth,withthemorningsunglitteringononeofthenearestparklakes.Bevy,inspring-greenandold-gold,wasstudyingthesocialnotesinoneofthemorningpapers.

           "IthinkIshouldprefertobeunhappywithwealththantobewithoutit,"shesaid,idly,withoutlookingup.

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