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Aileen
,
not
ungenerous
--
fool
of
mingled
affection
and
passion
--
could
now
have
cried
.
She
pitied
her
father
from
her
heart
;
but
her
allegiance
was
to
Cowperwood
,
her
loyalty
unshaken
.
She
wanted
to
say
something
,
to
protest
much
more
;
but
she
knew
that
it
was
useless
.
Her
father
knew
that
she
was
lying
.
"
Well
,
there
's
no
use
of
my
saying
anything
more
,
father
,
"
she
said
,
getting
up
.
The
light
of
day
was
fading
in
the
windows
.
The
downstairs
door
closed
with
a
light
slam
,
indicating
that
one
of
the
boys
had
come
in
.
Her
proposed
trip
to
the
library
was
now
without
interest
to
her
"
You
wo
n't
believe
me
,
anyhow
.
I
tell
you
,
though
,
that
I
'm
innocent
just
the
same
.
"
Butler
lifted
his
big
,
brown
hand
to
command
silence
.
She
saw
that
this
shameful
relationship
,
as
far
as
her
father
was
concerned
,
had
been
made
quite
clear
,
and
that
this
trying
conference
was
now
at
an
end
.
She
turned
and
walked
shamefacedly
out
.
He
waited
until
he
heard
her
steps
fading
into
faint
nothings
down
the
hall
toward
her
room
.
Then
he
arose
.
Once
more
he
clinched
his
big
fists
.
"
The
scoundrel
!
"
he
said
.
"
The
scoundrel
!
I
'll
drive
him
out
of
Philadelphy
,
if
it
takes
the
last
dollar
I
have
in
the
world
.
"
For
the
first
time
in
his
life
Cowperwood
felt
conscious
of
having
been
in
the
presence
of
that
interesting
social
phenomenon
--
the
outraged
sentiment
of
a
parent
.
While
he
had
no
absolute
knowledge
as
to
why
Butler
had
been
so
enraged
,
he
felt
that
Aileen
was
the
contributing
cause
.
He
himself
was
a
father
.
His
boy
,
Frank
,
Jr.
,
was
to
him
not
so
remarkable
.
But
little
Lillian
,
with
her
dainty
little
slip
of
a
body
and
bright-aureoled
head
,
had
always
appealed
to
him
.
She
was
going
to
be
a
charming
woman
one
day
,
he
thought
,
and
he
was
going
to
do
much
to
establish
her
safely
.
He
used
to
tell
her
that
she
had
"
eyes
like
buttons
,
"
"
feet
like
a
pussy-cat
,
"
and
hands
that
were
"
just
five
cents
'
worth
,
"
they
were
so
little
.
The
child
admired
her
father
and
would
often
stand
by
his
chair
in
the
library
or
the
sitting-room
,
or
his
desk
in
his
private
office
,
or
by
his
seat
at
the
table
,
asking
him
questions
.
This
attitude
toward
his
own
daughter
made
him
see
clearly
how
Butler
might
feel
toward
Aileen
.
He
wondered
how
he
would
feel
if
it
were
his
own
little
Lillian
,
and
still
he
did
not
believe
he
would
make
much
fuss
over
the
matter
,
either
with
himself
or
with
her
,
if
she
were
as
old
as
Aileen
.
Children
and
their
lives
were
more
or
less
above
the
willing
of
parents
,
anyhow
,
and
it
would
be
a
difficult
thing
for
any
parent
to
control
any
child
,
unless
the
child
were
naturally
docile-minded
and
willing
to
be
controlled
.
It
also
made
him
smile
,
in
a
grim
way
,
to
see
how
fate
was
raining
difficulties
on
him
.
The
Chicago
fire
,
Stener
's
early
absence
,
Butler
,
Mollenhauer
,
and
Simpson
's
indifference
to
Stener
's
fate
and
his
.
And
now
this
probable
revelation
in
connection
with
Aileen
.
He
could
not
be
sure
as
yet
,
but
his
intuitive
instincts
told
him
that
it
must
be
something
like
this
.
Now
he
was
distressed
as
to
what
Aileen
would
do
,
say
if
suddenly
she
were
confronted
by
her
father
.
If
he
could
only
get
to
her
!
But
if
he
was
to
meet
Butler
's
call
for
his
loan
,
and
the
others
which
would
come
yet
to-day
or
on
the
morrow
,
there
was
not
a
moment
to
lose
.
If
he
did
not
pay
he
must
assign
at
once
.
Butler
's
rage
,
Aileen
,
his
own
danger
,
were
brushed
aside
for
the
moment
.
His
mind
concentrated
wholly
on
how
to
save
himself
financially
.
