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How
shall
we
explain
these
subtleties
of
temperament
and
desire
?
Life
has
to
deal
with
them
at
every
turn
.
They
will
not
down
,
and
the
large
,
placid
movements
of
nature
outside
of
man
's
little
organisms
would
indicate
that
she
is
not
greatly
concerned
.
We
see
much
punishment
in
the
form
of
jails
,
diseases
,
failures
,
and
wrecks
;
but
we
also
see
that
the
old
tendency
is
not
visibly
lessened
.
Is
there
no
law
outside
of
the
subtle
will
and
power
of
the
individual
to
achieve
?
If
not
,
it
is
surely
high
time
that
we
knew
it
--
one
and
all
.
We
might
then
agree
to
do
as
we
do
;
but
there
would
be
no
silly
illusion
as
to
divine
regulation
.
Vox
populi
,
vox
Dei
.
So
there
were
other
meetings
,
lovely
hours
which
they
soon
began
to
spend
the
moment
her
passion
waxed
warm
enough
to
assure
compliance
,
without
great
fear
and
without
thought
of
the
deadly
risk
involved
.
From
odd
moments
in
his
own
home
,
stolen
when
there
was
no
one
about
to
see
,
they
advanced
to
clandestine
meetings
beyond
the
confines
of
the
city
.
Cowperwood
was
not
one
who
was
temperamentally
inclined
to
lose
his
head
and
neglect
his
business
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
the
more
he
thought
of
this
rather
unexpected
affectional
development
,
the
more
certain
he
was
that
he
must
not
let
it
interfere
with
his
business
time
and
judgment
.
His
office
required
his
full
attention
from
nine
until
three
,
anyhow
.
He
could
give
it
until
five-thirty
with
profit
;
but
he
could
take
several
afternoons
off
,
from
three-thirty
until
five-thirty
or
six
,
and
no
one
would
be
the
wiser
.
It
was
customary
for
Aileen
to
drive
alone
almost
every
afternoon
a
spirited
pair
of
bays
,
or
to
ride
a
mount
,
bought
by
her
father
for
her
from
a
noted
horse-dealer
in
Baltimore
.
Since
Cowperwood
also
drove
and
rode
,
it
was
not
difficult
to
arrange
meeting-places
far
out
on
the
Wissahickon
or
the
Schuylkill
road
.
There
were
many
spots
in
the
newly
laid-out
park
,
which
were
as
free
from
interruption
as
the
depths
of
a
forest
.
It
was
always
possible
that
they
might
encounter
some
one
;
but
it
was
also
always
possible
to
make
a
rather
plausible
explanation
,
or
none
at
all
,
since
even
in
case
of
such
an
encounter
nothing
,
ordinarily
,
would
be
suspected
.
So
,
for
the
time
being
there
was
love-making
,
the
usual
billing
and
cooing
of
lovers
in
a
simple
and
much
less
than
final
fashion
;
and
the
lovely
horseback
rides
together
under
the
green
trees
of
the
approaching
spring
were
idyllic
.
Cowperwood
awakened
to
a
sense
of
joy
in
life
such
as
he
fancied
,
in
the
blush
of
this
new
desire
,
he
had
never
experienced
before
.
Lillian
had
been
lovely
in
those
early
days
in
which
he
had
first
called
on
her
in
North
Front
Street
,
and
he
had
fancied
himself
unspeakably
happy
at
that
time
;
but
that
was
nearly
ten
years
since
,
and
he
had
forgotten
.
Since
then
he
had
had
no
great
passion
,
no
notable
liaison
;
and
then
,
all
at
once
,
in
the
midst
of
his
new
,
great
business
prosperity
,
Aileen
.
Her
young
body
and
soul
,
her
passionate
illusions
.
He
could
see
always
,
for
all
her
daring
,
that
she
knew
so
little
of
the
calculating
,
brutal
world
with
which
he
was
connected
.
Her
father
had
given
her
all
the
toys
she
wanted
without
stint
;
her
mother
and
brothers
had
coddled
her
,
particularly
her
mother
.
Her
young
sister
thought
she
was
adorable
.
No
one
imagined
for
one
moment
that
Aileen
would
ever
do
anything
wrong
.
She
was
too
sensible
,
after
all
,
too
eager
to
get
up
in
the
world
.
Why
should
she
,
when
her
life
lay
open
and
happy
before
her
--
a
delightful
love-match
,
some
day
soon
,
with
some
very
eligible
and
satisfactory
lover
?
"
When
you
marry
,
Aileen
,
"
her
mother
used
to
say
to
her
,
"
we
'll
have
a
grand
time
here
.
Sure
we
'll
do
the
house
over
then
,
if
we
do
n't
do
it
before
.
Eddie
will
have
to
fix
it
up
,
or
I
'll
do
it
meself
.
Never
fear
.
"
"
Yes
--
well
,
I
'd
rather
you
'd
fix
it
now
,
"
was
her
reply
.
Butler
himself
used
to
strike
her
jovially
on
the
shoulder
in
a
rough
,
loving
way
,
and
ask
,
"
Well
,
have
you
found
him
yet
?
"
or
"
Is
he
hanging
around
the
outside
watchin
'
for
ye
?
"
If
she
said
,
"
No
,
"
he
would
reply
:
"
Well
,
he
will
be
,
never
fear
--
worse
luck
.
I
'll
hate
to
see
ye
go
,
girlie
!
You
can
stay
here
as
long
as
ye
want
to
,
and
ye
want
to
remember
that
you
can
always
come
back
.
"
Aileen
paid
very
little
attention
to
this
bantering
.
She
loved
her
father
,
but
it
was
all
such
a
matter
of
course
.
