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           Thefunctionbeganwithareceptionatfour,whichlasteduntilsix-thirty,andthiswasfollowedbyadanceatnine,withmusicbyafamousstringedorchestraofChicago,amusicalprogrammebyartistsofconsiderableimportance,andagorgeoussupperfromelevenuntiloneinaChinesefairylandoflights,atsmalltablesfillingthreeoftheground-floorrooms.AsanaddedfilliptotheoccasionCowperwoodhadhung,notonlytheimportantpictureswhichhehadpurchasedabroad,butanewoneaparticularlybrilliantGerome,thenintheheydayofhisexoticpopularityapictureofnudeodalisquesoftheharem,idlingbesidethehighlycoloredstonemarquetryofanorientalbath.Itwasmoreorless"loose"artforChicago,shockingtotheuninitiated,thoughharmlessenoughtotheilluminati;butitgaveatouchofcolortotheart-gallerywhichthelatterneeded.Therewasalso,newlyarrivedandnewlyhung,aportraitofAileenbyaDutchartist,JanvanBeers,whomtheyhadencounteredtheprevioussummeratBrussels.HehadpaintedAileeninninesittings,aratherbrilliantcanvas,highinkey,withasummery,out-of-doorworldbehindheralowstone-curbedpool,theredcornerofaDutchbrickpalace,atulip-bed,andablueskywithfleecyclouds.

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