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Kasson
,
very
carefully
dressed
and
manicured
,
arose
and
walked
out
of
the
room
for
a
few
moments
.
He
appreciated
keenly
the
intensity
of
the
strain
he
had
just
witnessed
.
The
moment
the
door
was
closed
Cowperwood
put
his
head
in
his
hands
and
shook
convulsively
.
"
I
never
thought
I
'd
come
to
this
,
"
he
muttered
.
"
I
never
thought
it
.
"
Then
he
wiped
away
his
salty
hot
tears
,
and
went
to
the
window
to
look
out
and
to
think
of
what
else
to
do
from
now
on
.
As
time
went
on
Butler
grew
more
and
more
puzzled
and
restive
as
to
his
duty
in
regard
to
his
daughter
.
He
was
sure
by
her
furtive
manner
and
her
apparent
desire
to
avoid
him
,
that
she
was
still
in
touch
with
Cowperwood
in
some
way
,
and
that
this
would
bring
about
a
social
disaster
of
some
kind
.
He
thought
once
of
going
to
Mrs.
Cowperwood
and
having
her
bring
pressure
to
bear
on
her
husband
,
but
afterwards
he
decided
that
that
would
not
do
.
He
was
not
really
positive
as
yet
that
Aileen
was
secretly
meeting
Cowperwood
,
and
,
besides
,
Mrs.
Cowperwood
might
not
know
of
her
husband
's
duplicity
.
He
thought
also
of
going
to
Cowperwood
personally
and
threatening
him
,
but
that
would
be
a
severe
measure
,
and
again
,
as
in
the
other
case
,
he
lacked
proof
.
He
hesitated
to
appeal
to
a
detective
agency
,
and
he
did
not
care
to
take
the
other
members
of
the
family
into
his
confidence
.
He
did
go
out
and
scan
the
neighborhood
of
931
North
Tenth
Street
once
,
looking
at
the
house
;
but
that
helped
him
little
.
The
place
was
for
rent
,
Cowperwood
having
already
abandoned
his
connection
with
it
.
Finally
he
hit
upon
the
plan
of
having
Aileen
invited
to
go
somewhere
some
distance
off
--
Boston
or
New
Orleans
,
where
a
sister
of
his
wife
lived
.
It
was
a
delicate
matter
to
engineer
,
and
in
such
matters
he
was
not
exactly
the
soul
of
tact
;
but
he
undertook
it
.
He
wrote
personally
to
his
wife
's
sister
at
New
Orleans
,
and
asked
her
if
she
would
,
without
indicating
in
any
way
that
she
had
heard
from
him
,
write
his
wife
and
ask
if
she
would
not
permit
Aileen
to
come
and
visit
her
,
writing
Aileen
an
invitation
at
the
same
time
;
but
he
tore
the
letter
up
.
A
little
later
he
learned
accidentally
that
Mrs.
Mollenhauer
and
her
three
daughters
,
Caroline
,
Felicia
,
and
Alta
,
were
going
to
Europe
early
in
December
to
visit
Paris
,
the
Riviera
,
and
Rome
;
and
he
decided
to
ask
Mollenhauer
to
persuade
his
wife
to
invite
Norah
and
Aileen
,
or
Aileen
only
,
to
go
along
,
giving
as
an
excuse
that
his
own
wife
would
not
leave
him
,
and
that
the
girls
ought
to
go
.
It
would
be
a
fine
way
of
disposing
of
Aileen
for
the
present
.
The
party
was
to
be
gone
six
months
.
Mollenhauer
was
glad
to
do
so
,
of
course
.
The
two
families
were
fairly
intimate
.
Mrs.
Mollenhauer
was
willing
--
delighted
from
a
politic
point
of
view
--
and
the
invitation
was
extended
.
Norah
was
overjoyed
.
She
wanted
to
see
something
of
Europe
,
and
had
always
been
hoping
for
some
such
opportunity
.
Aileen
was
pleased
from
the
point
of
view
that
Mrs.
Mollenhauer
should
invite
her
.
Years
before
she
would
have
accepted
in
a
flash
.
But
now
she
felt
that
it
only
came
as
a
puzzling
interruption
,
one
more
of
the
minor
difficulties
that
were
tending
to
interrupt
her
relations
with
Cowperwood
.
She
immediately
threw
cold
water
on
the
proposition
,
which
was
made
one
evening
at
dinner
by
Mrs.
Butler
,
who
did
not
know
of
her
husband
's
share
in
the
matter
,
but
had
received
a
call
that
afternoon
from
Mrs.
Mollenhauer
,
when
the
invitation
had
been
extended
.
"
She
's
very
anxious
to
have
you
two
come
along
,
if
your
father
do
n't
mind
,
"
volunteered
the
mother
,
"
and
I
should
think
ye
'd
have
a
fine
time
.
They
're
going
to
Paris
and
the
Riveera
.
"
"
Oh
,
fine
!
"
exclaimed
Norah
.
"
I
've
always
wanted
to
go
to
Paris
.
Have
n't
you
,
Ai
?
Oh
,
would
n't
that
be
fine
?
"
"
I
do
n't
know
that
I
want
to
go
,
"
replied
Aileen
.
She
did
not
care
to
compromise
herself
by
showing
any
interest
at
the
start
.
"
It
's
coming
on
winter
,
and
I
have
n't
any
clothes
.
I
'd
rather
wait
and
go
some
other
time
.
"
"
Oh
,
Aileen
Butler
!
"
exclaimed
Norah
.
"
How
you
talk
!
I
've
heard
you
say
a
dozen
times
you
'd
like
to
go
abroad
some
winter
.
Now
when
the
chance
comes
--
besides
you
can
get
your
clothes
made
over
there
.
"
"
Could
n't
you
get
somethin'
over
there
?
"
inquired
Mrs.
Butler
.
"
Besides
,
you
've
got
two
or
three
weeks
here
yet
.
"
