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Cowperwood
called
his
servant
to
take
charge
of
the
vehicle
,
and
Butler
stalked
solemnly
out
.
He
had
to
admit
to
himself
that
the
influence
of
Cowperwood
over
his
daughter
was
deadly
,
and
probably
permanent
.
The
best
he
could
do
would
be
to
keep
her
within
the
precincts
of
the
home
,
where
she
might
still
,
possibly
,
be
brought
to
her
senses
.
He
held
a
very
guarded
conversation
with
her
on
his
way
home
,
for
fear
that
she
would
take
additional
offense
.
Argument
was
out
of
the
question
.
"
Ye
might
have
talked
with
me
once
more
,
Aileen
,
"
he
said
,
"
before
ye
left
.
Yer
mother
would
be
in
a
terrible
state
if
she
knew
ye
were
gone
.
She
does
n't
know
yet
.
Ye
'll
have
to
say
ye
stayed
somewhere
to
dinner
.
"
"
I
was
at
the
Calligans
,
"
replied
Aileen
.
"
That
's
easy
enough
.
Mama
wo
n't
think
anything
about
it
.
"
"
It
's
a
sore
heart
I
have
,
Aileen
.
I
hope
ye
'll
think
over
your
ways
and
do
better
.
I
'll
not
say
anythin
'
more
now
.
"
Aileen
returned
to
her
room
,
decidedly
triumphant
in
her
mood
for
the
moment
,
and
things
went
on
apparently
in
the
Butler
household
as
before
.
But
those
who
imagine
that
this
defeat
permanently
altered
the
attitude
of
Butler
toward
Cowperwood
are
mistaken
.
In
the
meanwhile
between
the
day
of
his
temporary
release
and
the
hearing
of
his
appeal
which
was
two
months
off
,
Cowperwood
was
going
on
doing
his
best
to
repair
his
shattered
forces
.
He
took
up
his
work
where
he
left
off
;
but
the
possibility
of
reorganizing
his
business
was
distinctly
modified
since
his
conviction
.
Because
of
his
action
in
trying
to
protect
his
largest
creditors
at
the
time
of
his
failure
,
he
fancied
that
once
he
was
free
again
,
if
ever
he
got
free
,
his
credit
,
other
things
being
equal
,
would
be
good
with
those
who
could
help
him
most
--
say
,
Cooke
&
Co.
,
Clark
&
Co.
,
Drexel
&
Co.
,
and
the
Girard
National
Bank
--
providing
his
personal
reputation
had
not
been
too
badly
injured
by
his
sentence
.
Fortunately
for
his
own
hopefulness
of
mind
,
he
failed
fully
to
realize
what
a
depressing
effect
a
legal
decision
of
this
character
,
sound
or
otherwise
,
had
on
the
minds
of
even
his
most
enthusiastic
supporters
.
His
best
friends
in
the
financial
world
were
by
now
convinced
that
his
was
a
sinking
ship
.
A
student
of
finance
once
observed
that
nothing
is
so
sensitive
as
money
,
and
the
financial
mind
partakes
largely
of
the
quality
of
the
thing
in
which
it
deals
.
There
was
no
use
trying
to
do
much
for
a
man
who
might
be
going
to
prison
for
a
term
of
years
.
Something
might
be
done
for
him
possibly
in
connection
with
the
governor
,
providing
he
lost
his
case
before
the
Supreme
Court
and
was
actually
sentenced
to
prison
;
but
that
was
two
months
off
,
or
more
,
and
they
could
not
tell
what
the
outcome
of
that
would
be
.
So
Cowperwood
's
repeated
appeals
for
assistance
,
extension
of
credit
,
or
the
acceptance
of
some
plan
he
had
for
his
general
rehabilitation
,
were
met
with
the
kindly
evasions
of
those
who
were
doubtful
.
They
would
think
it
over
.
They
would
see
about
it
.
Certain
things
were
standing
in
the
way
.
And
so
on
,
and
so
forth
,
through
all
the
endless
excuses
of
those
who
do
not
care
to
act
.
In
these
days
he
went
about
the
money
world
in
his
customary
jaunty
way
,
greeting
all
those
whom
he
had
known
there
many
years
and
pretending
,
when
asked
,
to
be
very
hopeful
,
to
be
doing
very
well
;
but
they
did
not
believe
him
,
and
he
really
did
not
care
whether
they
did
or
not
.
His
business
was
to
persuade
or
over-persuade
any
one
who
could
really
be
of
assistance
to
him
,
and
at
this
task
he
worked
untiringly
,
ignoring
all
others
.
