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Aileen
had
swept
on
to
Cowperwood
and
his
mother
,
who
was
near
him
.
She
had
removed
from
her
arm
the
black
satin
ribbon
which
held
her
train
and
kicked
the
skirts
loose
and
free
.
Her
eyes
gleamed
almost
pleadingly
for
all
her
hauteur
,
like
a
spirited
collie
's
,
and
her
even
teeth
showed
beautifully
.
Cowperwood
understood
her
precisely
,
as
he
did
any
fine
,
spirited
animal
.
"
I
ca
n't
tell
you
how
nice
you
look
,
"
he
whispered
to
her
,
familiarly
,
as
though
there
was
an
old
understanding
between
them
.
"
You
're
like
fire
and
song
.
"
He
did
not
know
why
he
said
this
.
He
was
not
especially
poetic
.
He
had
not
formulated
the
phrase
beforehand
.
Since
his
first
glimpse
of
her
in
the
hall
,
his
feelings
and
ideas
had
been
leaping
and
plunging
like
spirited
horses
.
This
girl
made
him
set
his
teeth
and
narrow
his
eyes
.
Involuntarily
he
squared
his
jaw
,
looking
more
defiant
,
forceful
,
efficient
,
as
she
drew
near
,
But
Aileen
and
her
sister
were
almost
instantly
surrounded
by
young
men
seeking
to
be
introduced
and
to
write
their
names
on
dance-cards
,
and
for
the
time
being
she
was
lost
to
view
.
The
seeds
of
change
--
subtle
,
metaphysical
--
are
rooted
deeply
.
From
the
first
mention
of
the
dance
by
Mrs.
Cowperwood
and
Anna
,
Aileen
had
been
conscious
of
a
desire
toward
a
more
effective
presentation
of
herself
than
as
yet
,
for
all
her
father
's
money
,
she
had
been
able
to
achieve
.
The
company
which
she
was
to
encounter
,
as
she
well
knew
,
was
to
be
so
much
more
impressive
,
distinguished
than
anything
she
had
heretofore
known
socially
.
Then
,
too
,
Cowperwood
appeared
as
something
more
definite
in
her
mind
than
he
had
been
before
,
and
to
save
herself
she
could
not
get
him
out
of
her
consciousness
.
A
vision
of
him
had
come
to
her
but
an
hour
before
as
she
was
dressing
.
In
a
way
she
had
dressed
for
him
.
She
was
never
forgetful
of
the
times
he
had
looked
at
her
in
an
interested
way
.
He
had
commented
on
her
hands
once
.
To-day
he
had
said
that
she
looked
"
stunning
,
"
and
she
had
thought
how
easy
it
would
be
to
impress
him
to-night
--
to
show
him
how
truly
beautiful
she
was
.
She
had
stood
before
her
mirror
between
eight
and
nine
--
it
was
nine-fifteen
before
she
was
really
ready
--
and
pondered
over
what
she
should
wear
.
There
were
two
tall
pier-glasses
in
her
wardrobe
--
an
unduly
large
piece
of
furniture
--
and
one
in
her
closet
door
.
She
stood
before
the
latter
,
looking
at
her
bare
arms
and
shoulders
,
her
shapely
figure
,
thinking
of
the
fact
that
her
left
shoulder
had
a
dimple
,
and
that
she
had
selected
garnet
garters
decorated
with
heart-shaped
silver
buckles
.
The
corset
could
not
be
made
quite
tight
enough
at
first
,
and
she
chided
her
maid
,
Kathleen
Kelly
.
She
studied
how
to
arrange
her
hair
,
and
there
was
much
ado
about
that
before
it
was
finally
adjusted
.
She
penciled
her
eyebrows
and
plucked
at
the
hair
about
her
forehead
to
make
it
loose
and
shadowy
.
She
cut
black
court-plaster
with
her
nail-shears
and
tried
different-sized
pieces
in
different
places
.
Finally
,
she
found
one
size
and
one
place
that
suited
her
.
She
turned
her
head
from
side
to
side
,
looking
at
the
combined
effect
of
her
hair
,
her
penciled
brows
,
her
dimpled
shoulder
,
and
the
black
beauty-spot
.
If
some
one
man
could
see
her
as
she
was
now
,
some
time
!
Which
man
?
That
thought
scurried
back
like
a
frightened
rat
into
its
hole
.
She
was
,
for
all
her
strength
,
afraid
of
the
thought
of
the
one
--
the
very
deadly
--
the
man
.
And
then
she
came
to
the
matter
of
a
train-gown
.
Kathleen
laid
out
five
,
for
Aileen
had
come
into
the
joy
and
honor
of
these
things
recently
,
and
she
had
,
with
the
permission
of
her
mother
and
father
,
indulged
herself
to
the
full
.
She
studied
a
golden-yellow
silk
,
with
cream-lace
shoulder-straps
,
and
some
gussets
of
garnet
beads
in
the
train
that
shimmered
delightfully
,
but
set
it
aside
.
She
considered
favorably
a
black-and-white
striped
silk
of
odd
gray
effect
,
and
,
though
she
was
sorely
tempted
to
wear
it
,
finally
let
it
go
.
There
was
a
maroon
dress
,
with
basque
and
overskirt
over
white
silk
;
a
rich
cream-colored
satin
;
and
then
this
black
sequined
gown
,
which
she
finally
chose
.
