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           Ifthesetwohadbeencloserfriends,quiteintimate,theywouldhavediscussedtheCowperwoods’socialprospects;butasitwas,theyconfinedthemselvestodullconventionalities.AtthismomentAileencamedown-stairsforamoment,radiant.KentMcKibbenthoughthehadneverseenherlookmorebeautiful.Afterall,contrastedwithsomeofthestuffycreatureswhomovedaboutinsociety,shrewd,hard,bony,calculating,tradingontheirassuredposition,shewasadmirable.Itwasapityshedidnothavemorepoise;sheoughttobealittlehardernotquitesogenial.Still,withCowperwoodatherside,shemightgofar.

           "Really,Mrs.Cowperwood,"hesaid,"itisallmostcharming.IwasjusttellingMr.LordherethatIconsiderthehouseatriumph."

           FromMcKibben,whowasinsociety,andwithLord,another"in"standingby,thiswaslikewinetoAileen.Shebeamedjoyously.

           AmongthefirstarrivalswereMrs.WebsterIsraels,Mrs.BradfordCanda,andMrs.WalterRysamCotton,whoweretoassistinreceiving.Theseladiesdidnotknowthattheyweretakingtheirfuturereputationsforsagacityanddiscriminationintheirhands;theyhadbeencarriedawaybytheshowofluxuryofAileen,thegrowingfinancialreputeofCowperwood,andtheartisticqualitiesofthenewhouse.Mrs.WebsterIsraels’smouthwasofsuchapeculiarshapethatAileenwasalwaysremindedofafish;butshewasnotutterlyhomely,andto-dayshelookedbriskandattractive.Mrs.

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