Wanted — Fifty-year Franchises

           Whateverhismomentarysatisfactioninherfriendlyacceptanceofhisconfession,theuncertainattitudeofBereniceleftCowperwoodaboutwherehewasbefore.ByastrangestrokeoffateBraxmar,hisyoungrival,hadbeeneliminated,andBerenicehadbeenmadetoseehim,Cowperwood,inhistruecolorsofloveandofserviceforher.Yetplainlyshedidnotacceptthemathisownvaluation.Morethaneverwasheconsciousofthefactthathehadfallenintowofanamazingindividual,onewhosawlifefromadistinctandpeculiarpointofviewandwhowasnottobebenttohiswill.Thatfactmorethananythingelseforhergraceandbeautymerelyemblazoneditcausedhimtofallintoahopelessinfatuation.

           Hesaidtohimselfoverandover,"Well,IcanlivewithoutherifImust,"butatthisstagethemerethoughtwasanactualstabinhisvitals.What,afterall,waslife,wealth,fame,ifyoucouldn’thavethewomanyouwantedlove,thatindefinable,unnamablecoddlingofthespiritwhichthestrongestalmostmorethantheweakestcrave?Atlasthesawclearly,aswithinachalice-likenimbus,thattheultimateendoffame,power,vigorwasbeauty,andthatbeautywasacompoundofthetaste,theemotion,theinnateculture,passion,anddreamsofawomanlikeBereniceFleming.Thatwasit:thatwasit.Andbeyondwasnothingsavecrumblingage,darkness,silence.

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