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"
Do
n't
talk
,
honey
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
know
what
you
need
.
"
She
had
been
so
used
to
receiving
money
from
her
father
and
mother
in
comfortable
amounts
from
time
to
time
that
she
thought
nothing
of
it
.
Frank
loved
her
so
much
that
it
made
everything
right
between
them
.
She
softened
in
her
mood
and
they
discussed
the
matter
of
letters
,
reaching
the
conclusion
that
a
private
messenger
would
be
safest
.
When
finally
they
parted
,
Aileen
,
from
being
sunk
in
the
depths
by
his
uncertain
attitude
,
was
now
once
more
on
the
heights
.
She
decided
that
he
did
love
her
,
and
went
away
smiling
.
She
had
her
Frank
to
fall
back
on
--
she
would
teach
her
father
.
Cowperwood
shook
his
head
,
following
her
with
his
eyes
.
She
represented
an
additional
burden
,
but
give
her
up
,
he
certainly
could
not
.
Tear
the
veil
from
this
illusion
of
affection
and
make
her
feel
so
wretched
when
he
cared
for
her
so
much
?
No
.
There
was
really
nothing
for
him
to
do
but
what
he
had
done
.
After
all
,
he
reflected
,
it
might
not
work
out
so
badly
.
Any
detective
work
that
Butler
might
choose
to
do
would
prove
that
she
had
not
run
to
him
.
If
at
any
moment
it
became
necessary
to
bring
common
sense
into
play
to
save
the
situation
from
a
deadly
climax
,
he
could
have
the
Butlers
secretly
informed
as
to
Aileen
's
whereabouts
.
That
would
show
he
had
little
to
do
with
it
,
and
they
could
try
to
persuade
Aileen
to
come
home
again
.
Good
might
result
--
one
could
not
tell
.
He
would
deal
with
the
evils
as
they
arose
.
He
drove
quickly
back
to
his
office
,
and
Aileen
returned
to
her
home
determined
to
put
her
plan
into
action
.
Her
father
had
given
her
some
little
time
in
which
to
decide
--
possibly
he
would
give
her
longer
--
but
she
would
not
wait
.
Having
always
had
her
wish
granted
in
everything
,
she
could
not
understand
why
she
was
not
to
have
her
way
this
time
.
It
was
about
five
o'clock
now
.
She
would
wait
until
all
the
members
of
the
family
were
comfortably
seated
at
the
dinner-table
,
which
would
be
about
seven
o'clock
,
and
then
slip
out
.
On
arriving
home
,
however
,
she
was
greeted
by
an
unexpected
reason
for
suspending
action
.
This
was
the
presence
of
a
certain
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Steinmetz
--
the
former
a
well-known
engineer
who
drew
the
plans
for
many
of
the
works
which
Butler
undertook
It
was
the
day
before
Thanksgiving
,
and
they
were
eager
to
have
Aileen
and
Norah
accompany
them
for
a
fortnight
's
stay
at
their
new
home
in
West
Chester
--
a
structure
concerning
the
charm
of
which
Aileen
had
heard
much
.
They
were
exceedingly
agreeable
people
--
comparatively
young
and
surrounded
by
a
coterie
of
interesting
friends
.
Aileen
decided
to
delay
her
flight
and
go
.
Her
father
was
most
cordial
.
The
presence
and
invitation
of
the
Steinmetzes
was
as
much
a
relief
to
him
as
it
was
to
Aileen
.
West
Chester
being
forty
miles
from
Philadelphia
,
it
was
unlikely
that
Aileen
would
attempt
to
meet
Cowperwood
while
there
.
She
wrote
Cowperwood
of
the
changed
condition
and
departed
,
and
he
breathed
a
sigh
of
relief
,
fancying
at
the
time
that
this
storm
had
permanently
blown
over
.
In
the
meanwhile
the
day
of
Cowperwood
's
trial
was
drawing
near
.
He
was
under
the
impression
that
an
attempt
was
going
to
be
made
to
convict
him
whether
the
facts
warranted
it
or
not
.
He
did
not
see
any
way
out
of
his
dilemma
,
however
,
unless
it
was
to
abandon
everything
and
leave
Philadelphia
for
good
,
which
was
impossible
.
The
only
way
to
guard
his
future
and
retain
his
financial
friends
was
to
stand
trial
as
quickly
as
possible
,
and
trust
them
to
assist
him
to
his
feet
in
the
future
in
case
he
failed
.
He
discussed
the
possibilities
of
an
unfair
trial
with
Steger
,
who
did
not
seem
to
think
that
there
was
so
much
to
that
.
In
the
first
place
,
a
jury
could
not
easily
be
suborned
by
any
one
.
In
the
next
place
,
most
judges
were
honest
,
in
spite
of
their
political
cleavage
,
and
would
go
no
further
than
party
bias
would
lead
them
in
their
rulings
and
opinions
,
which
was
,
in
the
main
,
not
so
far
.
The
particular
judge
who
was
to
sit
in
this
case
,
one
Wilbur
Payderson
,
of
the
Court
of
Quarter
Sessions
,
was
a
strict
party
nominee
,
and
as
such
beholden
to
Mollenhauer
,
Simpson
,
and
Butler
;
but
,
in
so
far
as
Steger
had
ever
heard
,
he
was
an
honest
man
.
"
What
I
ca
n't
understand
,
"
said
Steger
,
"
is
why
these
fellows
should
be
so
anxious
to
punish
you
,
unless
it
is
for
the
effect
on
the
State
at
large
.
The
election
's
over
.
I
understand
there
's
a
movement
on
now
to
get
Stener
out
in
case
he
is
convicted
,
which
he
will
be
.
They
have
to
try
him
.
He
wo
n't
go
up
for
more
than
a
year
,
or
two
or
three
,
and
if
he
does
he
'll
be
pardoned
out
in
half
the
time
or
less
.
It
would
be
the
same
in
your
case
,
if
you
were
convicted
.
They
could
n't
keep
you
in
and
let
him
out
.
But
it
will
never
get
that
far
--
take
my
word
for
it
.
We
'll
win
before
a
jury
,
or
we
'll
reverse
the
judgment
of
conviction
before
the
State
Supreme
Court
,
certain
.
Those
five
judges
up
there
are
not
going
to
sustain
any
such
poppycock
idea
as
this
.
"
Steger
actually
believed
what
he
said
,
and
Cowperwood
was
pleased
.
Thus
far
the
young
lawyer
had
done
excellently
well
in
all
of
his
cases
.
Still
,
he
did
not
like
the
idea
of
being
hunted
down
by
Butler
.
It
was
a
serious
matter
,
and
one
of
which
Steger
was
totally
unaware
.
Cowperwood
could
never
quite
forget
that
in
listening
to
his
lawyer
's
optimistic
assurances
.
The
actual
beginning
of
the
trial
found
almost
all
of
the
inhabitants
of
this
city
of
six
hundred
thousand
"
keyed
up
.
"
None
of
the
women
of
Cowperwood
's
family
were
coming
into
court
.
He
had
insisted
that
there
should
be
no
family
demonstration
for
the
newspapers
to
comment
upon
.
His
father
was
coming
,
for
he
might
be
needed
as
a
witness
.
Aileen
had
written
him
the
afternoon
before
saying
she
had
returned
from
West
Chester
and
wishing
him
luck
.
She
was
so
anxious
to
know
what
was
to
become
of
him
that
she
could
not
stay
away
any
longer
and
had
returned
--
not
to
go
to
the
courtroom
,
for
he
did
not
want
her
to
do
that
,
but
to
be
as
near
as
possible
when
his
fate
was
decided
,
adversely
or
otherwise
.
She
wanted
to
run
and
congratulate
him
if
he
won
,
or
to
console
with
him
if
he
lost
.
