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The Net

           

           Berenice,bynomeansreadytolookuponCowperwoodasanacceptedlover,wasneverthelessgratifiedthathiserringdevotionwasthetributeofoneableapparentlytocommandthoughtfromthewholeworld.Moreover,becausetheNewYorkpapershadtakenfirefromhisgreatstruggleintheMiddleWestandwerecharginghimwithbribery,perjury,andintenttothwartthewillofthepeople,CowperwoodnowcameforwardwithanattempttoexplainhisexactpositiontoBereniceandtojustifyhimselfinhereyes.DuringvisitstotheCarterhouseorinentr’actesattheoperaorthetheater,herecountedtoherbitbybithisentirehistory.HedescribedthecharactersofHand,Schryhart,Arneel,andthemotivesofjealousyandrevengewhichhadledtotheirattackuponhiminChicago."NohumanbeingcouldgetanythingthroughtheChicagoCityCouncilwithoutpayingforit,"hedeclared."It’ssimplyaquestionofwho’sputtingupthemoney."HetoldhowTrumanLeslieMacDonaldhadoncetriedto"shakehimdown"forfiftythousanddollars,andhowthenewspapershadsincefounditpossibletomakemoney,toincreasetheircirculation,byattackinghim.Hefranklyadmittedthefactofhissocialostracism,attributingitpartiallytoAileen’sdeficienciesandpartiallytohisownattitudeofPrometheandefiance,whichhadneveryetbrookeddefeat.

           "AndIwilldefeatthemnow,"hesaid,solemnly,toBereniceonedayoveraluncheon-tableatthePlazawhentheroomwasnearlyempty.

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