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Her
mother
often
wished
for
Mamie
's
sake
that
she
was
less
dutiful
and
more
charming
physically
,
so
that
the
men
would
like
her
.
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
her
mother
was
a
dressmaker
,
Mamie
's
clothes
never
looked
smart
or
attractive
--
she
would
have
felt
out
of
keeping
with
herself
if
they
had
.
Her
shoes
were
rather
large
,
and
ill-fitting
;
her
skirt
hung
in
lifeless
lines
from
her
hips
to
her
feet
,
of
good
material
but
seemingly
bad
design
.
At
that
time
the
colored
"
jersey
,
"
so-called
,
was
just
coming
into
popular
wear
,
and
,
being
close-fitting
,
looked
well
on
those
of
good
form
.
Alas
for
Mamie
Calligan
!
The
mode
of
the
time
compelled
her
to
wear
one
;
but
she
had
neither
the
arms
nor
the
chest
development
which
made
this
garment
admirable
.
Her
hat
,
by
choice
,
was
usually
a
pancake
affair
with
a
long
,
single
feather
,
which
somehow
never
seemed
to
be
in
exactly
the
right
position
,
either
to
her
hair
or
her
face
.
At
most
times
she
looked
a
little
weary
;
but
she
was
not
physically
weary
so
much
as
she
was
bored
.
Her
life
held
so
little
of
real
charm
;
and
Aileen
Butler
was
unquestionably
the
most
significant
element
of
romance
in
it
.
Mamie
's
mother
's
very
pleasant
social
disposition
,
the
fact
that
they
had
a
very
cleanly
,
if
poor
little
home
,
that
she
could
entertain
them
by
playing
on
their
piano
,
and
that
Mrs.
Calligan
took
an
adoring
interest
in
the
work
she
did
for
her
,
made
up
the
sum
and
substance
of
the
attraction
of
the
Calligan
home
for
Aileen
.
She
went
there
occasionally
as
a
relief
from
other
things
,
and
because
Mamie
Calligan
had
a
compatible
and
very
understanding
interest
in
literature
.
Curiously
,
the
books
Aileen
liked
she
liked
--
Jane
Eyre
,
Kenelm
Chillingly
,
Tricotrin
,
and
A
Bow
of
Orange
Ribbon
.
Mamie
occasionally
recommended
to
Aileen
some
latest
effusion
of
this
character
;
and
Aileen
,
finding
her
judgment
good
,
was
constrained
to
admire
her
.
In
this
crisis
it
was
to
the
home
of
the
Calligans
that
Aileen
turned
in
thought
.
If
her
father
really
was
not
nice
to
her
,
and
she
had
to
leave
home
for
a
time
,
she
could
go
to
the
Calligans
.
They
would
receive
her
and
say
nothing
.
They
were
not
sufficiently
well
known
to
the
other
members
of
the
Butler
family
to
have
the
latter
suspect
that
she
had
gone
there
.
She
might
readily
disappear
into
the
privacy
of
Cherry
Street
and
not
be
seen
or
heard
of
for
weeks
.
It
is
an
interesting
fact
to
contemplate
that
the
Calligans
,
like
the
various
members
of
the
Butler
family
,
never
suspected
Aileen
of
the
least
tendency
toward
a
wayward
existence
.
Hence
her
flight
from
her
own
family
,
if
it
ever
came
,
would
be
laid
more
to
the
door
of
a
temperamental
pettishness
than
anything
else
.
On
the
other
hand
,
in
so
far
as
the
Butler
family
as
a
unit
was
concerned
,
it
needed
Aileen
more
than
she
needed
it
.
It
needed
the
light
of
her
countenance
to
keep
it
appropriately
cheerful
,
and
if
she
went
away
there
would
be
a
distinct
gulf
that
would
not
soon
be
overcome
.
Butler
,
senior
,
for
instance
,
had
seen
his
little
daughter
grow
into
radiantly
beautiful
womanhood
.
He
had
seen
her
go
to
school
and
convent
and
learn
to
play
the
piano
--
to
him
a
great
accomplishment
.
Also
he
had
seen
her
manner
change
and
become
very
showy
and
her
knowledge
of
life
broaden
,
apparently
,
and
become
to
him
,
at
least
,
impressive
.
Her
smart
,
dogmatic
views
about
most
things
were
,
to
him
,
at
least
,
well
worth
listening
to
.
She
knew
more
about
books
and
art
than
Owen
or
Callum
,
and
her
sense
of
social
manners
was
perfect
.
When
she
came
to
the
table
--
breakfast
,
luncheon
,
or
dinner
--
she
was
to
him
always
a
charming
object
to
see
.
He
had
produced
Aileen
--
he
congratulated
himself
.
He
had
furnished
her
the
money
to
be
so
fine
.
He
would
continue
to
do
so
.
No
second-rate
upstart
of
a
man
should
be
allowed
to
ruin
her
life
.
He
proposed
to
take
care
of
her
always
--
to
leave
her
so
much
money
in
a
legally
involved
way
that
a
failure
of
a
husband
could
not
possibly
affect
her
.
"
You
're
the
charming
lady
this
evenin
'
,
I
'm
thinkin
'
,
"
was
one
of
his
pet
remarks
;
and
also
,
"
My
,
but
we
're
that
fine
!
"
At
table
almost
invariably
she
sat
beside
him
and
looked
out
for
him
.
That
was
what
he
wanted
.
He
had
put
her
there
beside
him
at
his
meals
years
before
when
she
was
a
child
.
Her
mother
,
too
,
was
inordinately
fond
of
her
,
and
Callum
and
Owen
appropriately
brotherly
.
So
Aileen
had
thus
far
at
least
paid
back
with
beauty
and
interest
quite
as
much
as
she
received
,
and
all
the
family
felt
it
to
be
so
.
When
she
was
away
for
a
day
or
two
the
house
seemed
glum
--
the
meals
less
appetizing
.
When
she
returned
,
all
were
happy
and
gay
again
.
Aileen
understood
this
clearly
enough
in
a
way
.
Now
,
when
it
came
to
thinking
of
leaving
and
shifting
for
herself
,
in
order
to
avoid
a
trip
which
she
did
not
care
to
be
forced
into
,
her
courage
was
based
largely
on
this
keen
sense
of
her
own
significance
to
the
family
.
She
thought
over
what
her
father
had
said
,
and
decided
she
must
act
at
once
.
She
dressed
for
the
street
the
next
morning
,
after
her
father
had
gone
,
and
decided
to
step
in
at
the
Calligans
'
about
noon
,
when
Mamie
would
be
at
home
for
luncheon
.
Then
she
would
take
up
the
matter
casually
.
If
they
had
no
objection
,
she
would
go
there
.
She
sometimes
wondered
why
Cowperwood
did
not
suggest
,
in
his
great
stress
,
that
they
leave
for
some
parts
unknown
;
but
she
also
felt
that
he
must
know
best
what
he
could
do
.
His
increasing
troubles
depressed
her
.
