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"
I
'll
make
ye
no
promise
,
"
he
said
.
"
Tell
me
where
my
daughter
is
,
and
I
'll
think
the
matter
over
.
Ye
have
no
claim
on
me
now
,
and
I
owe
ye
no
good
turn
.
But
I
'll
think
it
over
,
anyhow
.
"
"
That
's
quite
all
right
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
.
"
That
's
all
I
can
expect
.
But
what
about
Aileen
?
Do
you
expect
her
to
leave
Philadelphia
?
"
"
Not
if
she
settles
down
and
behaves
herself
:
but
there
must
be
an
end
of
this
between
you
and
her
.
She
's
disgracin
'
her
family
and
ruinin
'
her
soul
in
the
bargain
.
And
that
's
what
you
are
doin
'
with
yours
.
It
'll
be
time
enough
to
talk
about
anything
else
when
you
're
a
free
man
.
More
than
that
I
'll
not
promise
.
"
Cowperwood
,
satisfied
that
this
move
on
Aileen
's
part
had
done
her
a
real
service
if
it
had
not
aided
him
especially
,
was
convinced
that
it
would
be
a
good
move
for
her
to
return
to
her
home
at
once
.
He
could
not
tell
how
his
appeal
to
the
State
Supreme
Court
would
eventuate
.
His
motion
for
a
new
trial
which
was
now
to
be
made
under
the
privilege
of
the
certificate
of
reasonable
doubt
might
not
be
granted
,
in
which
case
he
would
have
to
serve
a
term
in
the
penitentiary
.
If
he
were
compelled
to
go
to
the
penitentiary
she
would
be
safer
--
better
off
in
the
bosom
of
her
family
.
His
own
hands
were
going
to
be
exceedingly
full
for
the
next
two
months
until
he
knew
how
his
appeal
was
coming
out
.
And
after
that
--
well
,
after
that
he
would
fight
on
,
whatever
happened
.
During
all
the
time
that
Cowperwood
had
been
arguing
his
case
in
this
fashion
he
had
been
thinking
how
he
could
adjust
this
compromise
so
as
to
retain
the
affection
of
Aileen
and
not
offend
her
sensibilities
by
urging
her
to
return
.
He
knew
that
she
would
not
agree
to
give
up
seeing
him
,
and
he
was
not
willing
that
she
should
.
Unless
he
had
a
good
and
sufficient
reason
,
he
would
be
playing
a
wretched
part
by
telling
Butler
where
she
was
.
He
did
not
intend
to
do
so
until
he
saw
exactly
how
to
do
it
--
the
way
that
would
make
it
most
acceptable
to
Aileen
.
He
knew
that
she
would
not
long
be
happy
where
she
was
.
Her
flight
was
due
in
part
to
Butler
's
intense
opposition
to
himself
and
in
part
to
his
determination
to
make
her
leave
Philadelphia
and
behave
;
but
this
last
was
now
in
part
obviated
.
Butler
,
in
spite
of
his
words
,
was
no
longer
a
stern
Nemesis
.
He
was
a
melting
man
--
very
anxious
to
find
his
daughter
,
very
willing
to
forgive
her
.
He
was
whipped
,
literally
beaten
,
at
his
own
game
,
and
Cowperwood
could
see
it
in
the
old
man
's
eyes
.
If
he
himself
could
talk
to
Aileen
personally
and
explain
just
how
things
were
,
he
felt
sure
he
could
make
her
see
that
it
would
be
to
their
mutual
advantage
,
for
the
present
at
least
,
to
have
the
matter
amicably
settled
.
The
thing
to
do
was
to
make
Butler
wait
somewhere
--
here
,
possibly
--
while
he
went
and
talked
to
her
.
When
she
learned
how
things
were
she
would
probably
acquiesce
.
"
The
best
thing
that
I
can
do
under
the
circumstances
,
"
he
said
,
after
a
time
,
"
would
be
to
see
Aileen
in
two
or
three
days
,
and
ask
her
what
she
wishes
to
do
.
I
can
explain
the
matter
to
her
,
and
if
she
wants
to
go
back
,
she
can
.
I
will
promise
to
tell
her
anything
that
you
say
.
"
"
Two
or
three
days
!
"
exclaimed
Butler
,
irritably
.
"
Two
or
three
fiddlesticks
!
She
must
come
home
to-night
.
Her
mother
does
n't
know
she
's
left
the
place
yet
.
To-night
is
the
time
!
I
'll
go
and
fetch
her
meself
to-night
.
"
"
No
,
that
wo
n't
do
,
"
said
Cowperwood
.
"
I
shall
have
to
go
myself
.
If
you
wish
to
wait
here
I
will
see
what
can
be
done
,
and
let
you
know
"
