Aileen’s Last Card

           ItwasnotuntilsomelittletimeaftertheywereestablishedinthenewhousethatAileenfirstcameuponanyevidenceoftheexistenceofBereniceFleming.InageneralwaysheassumedthattherewerewomenpossiblysomeofwhomshehadknownStephanie,Mrs.Hand,FlorenceCochrane,orlaterarrivalsyetsolongastheywerenotobtrudedonhershepermittedherselfthesemi-comfortingthoughtthatthingswerenotasbadastheymightbe.Solong,indeed,asCowperwoodwasgenuinelypromiscuous,solongashetrottedhereandthere,notsnaredbyanyparticularsiren,shecouldnotdespair,for,afterall,shehadensnaredhimandheldhimdeliciouslywithoutvariation,shebelieved,foralloftenyearsafeatwhichnootherwomanhadachievedbeforeorafter.RitaSohlbergmighthavesucceededthebeast!HowshehatedthethoughtofRita!Bythistime,however,Cowperwoodwasgettingoninyears.Thedaymustcomewhenhewouldbelesskeenforvariability,or,atleast,wouldthinkitnolongerworthwhiletochange.Ifonlyhedidnotfindsomeonewoman,someCirce,whowouldbindandenslavehimintheseLateryearsasshehadherselfdoneinhisearlieronesallmightyetbewell.Atthesametimeshelivedindailyterrorofadiscoverywhichwassoontofollow.

           ShehadgoneoutonedaytopayacallonsomeonetowhomRheesGrier,theChicagosculptor,hadgivenheranintroduction.

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