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Her
mother
and
brothers
did
not
understand
it
at
all
at
first
.
(
Mrs.
Butler
never
understood
.
)
But
not
long
after
Cowperwood
's
incarceration
Callum
and
Owen
became
aware
of
what
the
trouble
was
.
Once
,
when
Owen
was
coming
away
from
a
reception
at
one
of
the
houses
where
his
growing
financial
importance
made
him
welcome
,
he
heard
one
of
two
men
whom
he
knew
casually
,
say
to
the
other
,
as
they
stood
at
the
door
adjusting
their
coats
,
"
You
saw
where
this
fellow
Cowperwood
got
four
years
,
did
n't
you
?
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
the
other
.
"
A
clever
devil
that
--
was
n't
he
?
I
knew
that
girl
he
was
in
with
,
too
--
you
know
who
I
mean
.
Miss
Butler
--
was
n't
that
her
name
?
"
Owen
was
not
sure
that
he
had
heard
right
.
He
did
not
get
the
connection
until
the
other
guest
,
opening
the
door
and
stepping
out
,
remarked
:
"
Well
,
old
Butler
got
even
,
apparently
.
They
say
he
sent
him
up
.
"
Owen
's
brow
clouded
.
A
hard
,
contentious
look
came
into
his
eyes
.
He
had
much
of
his
father
's
force
.
What
in
the
devil
were
they
talking
about
?
What
Miss
Butler
did
they
have
in
mind
?
Could
this
be
Aileen
or
Norah
,
and
how
could
Cowperwood
come
to
be
in
with
either
of
them
?
It
could
not
possibly
be
Norah
,
he
reflected
;
she
was
very
much
infatuated
with
a
young
man
whom
he
knew
,
and
was
going
to
marry
him
.
Aileen
had
been
most
friendly
with
the
Cowperwoods
,
and
had
often
spoken
well
of
the
financier
.
Could
it
be
she
?
He
could
not
believe
it
.
He
thought
once
of
overtaking
the
two
acquaintances
and
demanding
to
know
what
they
meant
,
but
when
he
came
out
on
the
step
they
were
already
some
distance
down
the
street
and
in
the
opposite
direction
from
that
in
which
he
wished
to
go
.
He
decided
to
ask
his
father
about
this
.
On
demand
,
old
Butler
confessed
at
once
,
but
insisted
that
his
son
keep
silent
about
it
.
"
I
wish
I
'd
have
known
,
"
said
Owen
,
grimly
.
"
I
'd
have
shot
the
dirty
dog
.
"
"
Aisy
,
aisy
,
"
said
Butler
.
"
Yer
own
life
's
worth
more
than
his
,
and
ye
'd
only
be
draggin
'
the
rest
of
yer
family
in
the
dirt
with
him
.
He
's
had
somethin'
to
pay
him
for
his
dirty
trick
,
and
he
'll
have
more
.
Just
ye
say
nothin
'
to
no
one
.
Wait
.
He
'll
be
wantin
'
to
get
out
in
a
year
or
two
.
Say
nothin
'
to
her
aither
.
Talkin
'
wo
n't
help
there
.
She
'll
come
to
her
sinses
when
he
's
been
away
long
enough
,
I
'm
thinkin
'
.
"
Owen
had
tried
to
be
civil
to
his
sister
after
that
,
but
since
he
was
a
stickler
for
social
perfection
and
advancement
,
and
so
eager
to
get
up
in
the
world
himself
,
he
could
not
understand
how
she
could
possibly
have
done
any
such
thing
.
He
resented
bitterly
the
stumbling-block
she
had
put
in
his
path
.
Now
,
among
other
things
,
his
enemies
would
have
this
to
throw
in
his
face
if
they
wanted
to
--
and
they
would
want
to
,
trust
life
for
that
.
Callum
reached
his
knowledge
of
the
matter
in
quite
another
manner
,
but
at
about
the
same
time
.
He
was
a
member
of
an
athletic
club
which
had
an
attractive
building
in
the
city
,
and
a
fine
country
club
,
where
he
went
occasionally
to
enjoy
the
swimming-pool
and
the
Turkish
bath
connected
with
it
.
One
of
his
friends
approached
him
there
in
the
billiard-room
one
evening
and
said
,
"
Say
,
Butler
,
you
know
I
'm
a
good
friend
of
yours
,
do
n't
you
?
"
