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She
knew
it
was
he
,
without
turning
.
He
came
beside
her
,
and
she
looked
up
smiling
,
the
reverie
evoked
by
Schubert
partly
vanishing
--
or
melting
into
another
mood
.
Suddenly
he
bent
over
and
pressed
his
lips
firmly
to
hers
.
His
mustache
thrilled
her
with
its
silky
touch
.
She
stopped
playing
and
tried
to
catch
her
breath
,
for
,
strong
as
she
was
,
it
affected
her
breathing
.
Her
heart
was
beating
like
a
triphammer
.
She
did
not
say
,
"
Oh
,
"
or
,
"
You
must
n't
,
"
but
rose
and
walked
over
to
a
window
,
where
she
lifted
a
curtain
,
pretending
to
look
out
.
She
felt
as
though
she
might
faint
,
so
intensely
happy
was
she
.
Cowperwood
followed
her
quickly
.
Slipping
his
arms
about
her
waist
,
he
looked
at
her
flushed
cheeks
,
her
clear
,
moist
eyes
and
red
mouth
.
"
You
love
me
?
"
he
whispered
,
stern
and
compelling
because
of
his
desire
.
"
Yes
!
Yes
!
You
know
I
do
.
"
He
crushed
her
face
to
his
,
and
she
put
up
her
hands
and
stroked
his
hair
.
A
thrilling
sense
of
possession
,
mastery
,
happiness
and
understanding
,
love
of
her
and
of
her
body
,
suddenly
overwhelmed
him
"
I
love
you
,
"
he
said
,
as
though
he
were
surprised
to
hear
himself
say
it
.
"
I
did
n't
think
I
did
,
but
I
do
.
You
're
beautiful
.
I
'm
wild
about
you
.
"
"
And
I
love
you
"
she
answered
.
"
I
ca
n't
help
it
.
I
know
I
should
n't
,
but
--
oh
--
"
Her
hands
closed
tight
over
his
ears
and
temples
.
She
put
her
lips
to
his
and
dreamed
into
his
eyes
.
Then
she
stepped
away
quickly
,
looking
out
into
the
street
,
and
he
walked
back
into
the
living-room
.
They
were
quite
alone
.
He
was
debating
whether
he
should
risk
anything
further
when
Norah
,
having
been
in
to
see
Anna
next
door
,
appeared
and
not
long
afterward
Mrs.
Cowperwood
.
Then
Aileen
and
Norah
left
.
This
definite
and
final
understanding
having
been
reached
,
it
was
but
natural
that
this
liaison
should
proceed
to
a
closer
and
closer
relationship
.
Despite
her
religious
upbringing
,
Aileen
was
decidedly
a
victim
of
her
temperament
.
Current
religious
feeling
and
belief
could
not
control
her
.
For
the
past
nine
or
ten
years
there
had
been
slowly
forming
in
her
mind
a
notion
of
what
her
lover
should
be
like
.
He
should
be
strong
,
handsome
,
direct
,
successful
,
with
clear
eyes
,
a
ruddy
glow
of
health
,
and
a
certain
native
understanding
and
sympathy
--
a
love
of
life
which
matched
her
own
.
Many
young
men
had
approached
her
.
Perhaps
the
nearest
realization
of
her
ideal
was
Father
David
,
of
St.
Timothy
's
,
and
he
was
,
of
course
,
a
priest
and
sworn
to
celibacy
.
No
word
had
ever
passed
between
them
but
he
had
been
as
conscious
of
her
as
she
of
him
.
Then
came
Frank
Cowperwood
,
and
by
degrees
,
because
of
his
presence
and
contact
,
he
had
been
slowly
built
up
in
her
mind
as
the
ideal
person
.
She
was
drawn
as
planets
are
drawn
to
their
sun
.
It
is
a
question
as
to
what
would
have
happened
if
antagonistic
forces
could
have
been
introduced
just
at
this
time
.
Emotions
and
liaisons
of
this
character
can
,
of
course
,
occasionally
be
broken
up
and
destroyed
.
The
characters
of
the
individuals
can
be
modified
or
changed
to
a
certain
extent
,
but
the
force
must
be
quite
sufficient
.
Fear
is
a
great
deterrent
--
fear
of
material
loss
where
there
is
no
spiritual
dread
--
but
wealth
and
position
so
often
tend
to
destroy
this
dread
.
It
is
so
easy
to
scheme
with
means
.
