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Hitherto
she
had
been
the
aggrieved
one
,
the
one
whose
loyalty
had
never
been
in
question
,
and
whose
persistent
affection
and
faith
had
been
greatly
sinned
against
.
Now
all
this
was
changed
.
The
manner
in
which
he
had
sinned
against
her
was
plain
enough
,
but
the
way
in
which
,
out
of
pique
,
she
had
forsaken
him
was
in
the
other
balance
.
Say
what
one
will
,
the
loyalty
of
woman
,
whether
a
condition
in
nature
or
an
evolved
accident
of
sociology
,
persists
as
a
dominating
thought
in
at
least
a
section
of
the
race
;
and
women
themselves
,
be
it
said
,
are
the
ones
who
most
loudly
and
openly
subscribe
to
it
.
Cowperwood
himself
was
fully
aware
that
Aileen
had
deserted
him
,
not
because
she
loved
him
less
or
Lynde
more
,
but
because
she
was
hurt
--
and
deeply
so
.
Aileen
knew
that
he
knew
this
.
From
one
point
of
view
it
enraged
her
and
made
her
defiant
;
from
another
it
grieved
her
to
think
she
had
uselessly
sinned
against
his
faith
in
her
.
Now
he
had
ample
excuse
to
do
anything
he
chose
.
Her
best
claim
on
him
--
her
wounds
--
she
had
thrown
away
as
one
throws
away
a
weapon
.
Her
pride
would
not
let
her
talk
to
him
about
this
,
and
at
the
same
time
she
could
not
endure
the
easy
,
tolerant
manner
with
which
he
took
it
.
His
smiles
,
his
forgiveness
,
his
sometimes
pleasant
jesting
were
all
a
horrible
offense
.
To
complete
her
mental
quandary
,
she
was
already
beginning
to
quarrel
with
Lynde
over
this
matter
of
her
unbreakable
regard
for
Cowperwood
.
With
the
sufficiency
of
a
man
of
the
world
Lynde
intended
that
she
should
succumb
to
him
completely
and
forget
her
wonderful
husband
.
When
with
him
she
was
apparently
charmed
and
interested
,
yielding
herself
freely
,
but
this
was
more
out
of
pique
at
Cowperwood
's
neglect
than
from
any
genuine
passion
for
Lynde
.
In
spite
of
her
pretensions
of
anger
,
her
sneers
,
and
criticisms
whenever
Cowperwood
's
name
came
up
,
she
was
,
nevertheless
,
hopelessly
fond
of
him
and
identified
with
him
spiritually
,
and
it
was
not
long
before
Lynde
began
to
suspect
this
.
Such
a
discovery
is
a
sad
one
for
any
master
of
women
to
make
.
It
jolted
his
pride
severely
.
"
You
care
for
him
still
,
do
n't
you
?
"
he
asked
,
with
a
wry
smile
,
upon
one
occasion
.
They
were
sitting
at
dinner
in
a
private
room
at
Kinsley
's
,
and
Aileen
,
whose
color
was
high
,
and
who
was
becomingly
garbed
in
metallic-green
silk
,
was
looking
especially
handsome
.
Lynde
had
been
proposing
that
she
should
make
special
arrangements
to
depart
with
him
for
a
three-months
'
stay
in
Europe
,
but
she
would
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
project
.
She
did
not
dare
.
Such
a
move
would
make
Cowperwood
feel
that
she
was
alienating
herself
forever
;
it
would
give
him
an
excellent
excuse
to
leave
her
.
"
Oh
,
it
is
n't
that
,
"
she
had
declared
,
in
reply
to
Lynde
's
query
.
"
I
just
do
n't
want
to
go
.
I
ca
n't
.
I
'm
not
prepared
.
It
's
nothing
but
a
notion
of
yours
,
anyhow
.
You
're
tired
of
Chicago
because
it
's
getting
near
spring
.
You
go
and
I
'll
be
here
when
you
come
back
,
or
I
may
decide
to
come
over
later
.
"
She
smiled
.
Lynde
pulled
a
dark
face
.
"
Hell
!
"
he
said
.
"
I
know
how
it
is
with
you
.
You
still
stick
to
him
,
even
when
he
treats
you
like
a
dog
.
You
pretend
not
to
love
him
when
as
a
matter
of
fact
you
're
mad
about
him
.
I
've
seen
it
all
along
.
You
do
n't
really
care
anything
about
me
.
You
ca
n't
.
You
're
too
crazy
about
him
.
"
"
Oh
,
shut
up
!
"
replied
Aileen
,
irritated
greatly
for
the
moment
by
this
onslaught
.
"
You
talk
like
a
fool
.
I
'm
not
anything
of
the
sort
.
I
admire
him
.
How
could
any
one
help
it
?
"
(
At
this
time
,
of
course
,
Cowperwood
's
name
was
filling
the
city
.
)
"
He
's
a
very
wonderful
man
.
He
was
never
brutal
to
me
.
He
's
a
full-sized
man
--
I
'll
say
that
for
him
.
"
By
now
Aileen
had
become
sufficiently
familiar
with
Lynde
to
criticize
him
in
her
own
mind
,
and
even
outwardly
by
innuendo
,
for
being
a
loafer
and
idler
who
had
never
created
in
any
way
the
money
he
was
so
freely
spending
.
She
had
little
power
to
psychologize
concerning
social
conditions
,
but
the
stalwart
constructive
persistence
of
Cowperwood
along
commercial
lines
coupled
with
the
current
American
contempt
of
leisure
reflected
somewhat
unfavorably
upon
Lynde
,
she
thought
.
