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In Search of Victory

           "

           Shecameoverandtouchedhistieandsmoothedhishair.

           "Well,oneofusoughttobe,forthegoodofthefamily,"hecommented,halfsmiling.

           "I’mnotsosure,though,thatitwillbeyou,either."

           "It’sacharmingday.Seehownicethosewhite-marblestatueslook.ShallwegototheClunyorVersaillesorFontainbleau?To-nightweoughttoseeBernhardtattheFrancaise."

           Aileenwassogay.Itwassosplendidtobetravelingwithhertruehusbandatlast.

           ItwasonthistripthatCowperwood’stasteforartandlifeandhisdeterminationtopossessthemrevivedtothefullest.HemadetheacquaintanceinLondon,Paris,andBrusselsoftheimportantartdealers.Hisconceptionofgreatmastersandtheolderschoolsofartshapedthemselves.ByoneofthedealersinLondon,whoatoncerecognizedinhimapossiblefuturepatron,hewasinvitedwithAileentoviewcertainprivatecollections,andhereandtherewasanartist,suchasLordLeighton,DanteGabrielRossetti,orWhistler,towhomhewasintroducedcasually,aninterestedstranger.Thesemenonlysawastrong,polite,remote,conservativeman.Herealizedtheemotional,egotistic,andartisticsoul.Hefeltontheinstantthattherecouldbelittleincommonbetweensuchmenandhimselfinsofaraspersonalcontactwasconcerned,yettherewasmutualgroundonwhichtheycouldmeet.Hecouldnotbeaslavishadmirerofanything,onlyaprincelypatron.

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