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"
Do
you
think
so
?
"
she
replied
,
caustically
.
Mrs.
Simms
,
not
all
dissatisfied
with
the
effect
she
had
produced
,
passed
on
with
a
gay
air
,
attended
by
a
young
artist
who
followed
amorously
in
her
train
.
Aileen
saw
from
this
and
other
things
like
it
how
little
she
was
really
"
in
.
"
The
exclusive
set
did
not
take
either
her
or
Cowperwood
seriously
as
yet
.
She
almost
hated
the
comparatively
dull
Mrs.
Israels
,
who
had
been
standing
beside
her
at
the
time
,
and
who
had
heard
the
remark
;
and
yet
Mrs.
Israels
was
much
better
than
nothing
.
Mrs.
Simms
had
condescended
a
mild
"
how
'd
do
"
to
the
latter
.
It
was
in
vain
that
the
Addisons
,
Sledds
,
Kingslands
,
Hoecksemas
,
and
others
made
their
appearance
;
Aileen
was
not
reassured
.
However
,
after
dinner
the
younger
set
,
influenced
by
McKibben
,
came
to
dance
,
and
Aileen
was
at
her
best
in
spite
of
her
doubts
.
She
was
gay
,
bold
,
attractive
.
Kent
McKibben
,
a
past
master
in
the
mazes
and
mysteries
of
the
grand
march
,
had
the
pleasure
of
leading
her
in
that
airy
,
fairy
procession
,
followed
by
Cowperwood
,
who
gave
his
arm
to
Mrs.
Simms
.
Aileen
,
in
white
satin
with
a
touch
of
silver
here
and
there
and
necklet
,
bracelet
,
ear-rings
,
and
hair-ornament
of
diamonds
,
glittered
in
almost
an
exotic
way
.
She
was
positively
radiant
.
McKibben
,
almost
smitten
,
was
most
attentive
.
"
This
is
such
a
pleasure
,
"
he
whispered
,
intimately
.
"
You
are
very
beautiful
--
a
dream
!
"
"
You
would
find
me
a
very
substantial
one
,
"
returned
Aileen
.
"
Would
that
I
might
find
,
"
he
laughed
,
gaily
;
and
Aileen
,
gathering
the
hidden
significance
,
showed
her
teeth
teasingly
.
Mrs.
Simms
,
engrossed
by
Cowperwood
,
could
not
hear
as
she
would
have
liked
.
After
the
march
Aileen
,
surrounded
by
a
half-dozen
of
gay
,
rudely
thoughtless
young
bloods
,
escorted
them
all
to
see
her
portrait
.
The
conservative
commented
on
the
flow
of
wine
,
the
intensely
nude
Gerome
at
one
end
of
the
gallery
,
and
the
sparkling
portrait
of
Aileen
at
the
other
,
the
enthusiasm
of
some
of
the
young
men
for
her
company
.
Mrs.
Rambaud
,
pleasant
and
kindly
,
remarked
to
her
husband
that
Aileen
was
"
very
eager
for
life
,
"
she
thought
.
Mrs.
Addison
,
astonished
at
the
material
flare
of
the
Cowperwoods
,
quite
transcending
in
glitter
if
not
in
size
and
solidity
anything
she
and
Addison
had
ever
achieved
,
remarked
to
her
husband
that
"
he
must
be
making
money
very
fast
.
"
"
The
man
's
a
born
financier
,
Ella
,
"
Addison
explained
,
sententiously
.
"
He
's
a
manipulator
,
and
he
's
sure
to
make
money
.
Whether
they
can
get
into
society
I
do
n't
know
.
He
could
if
he
were
alone
,
that
's
sure
.
She
's
beautiful
,
but
he
needs
another
kind
of
woman
,
I
'm
afraid
.
She
's
almost
too
good-looking
.
"
