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"
Sometimes
a
man
,
sometimes
a
girl
or
two
.
I
have
n't
really
paid
much
attention
to
her
,
to
tell
you
the
truth
.
"
Kennedy
walked
away
whistling
.
From
this
day
on
Mr.
Kennedy
became
a
watcher
over
this
very
unconventional
atmosphere
.
He
was
in
and
out
,
principally
observing
the
comings
and
goings
of
Mr.
Gurney
.
He
found
what
he
naturally
suspected
,
that
Mr.
Gurney
and
Stephanie
spent
hours
here
at
peculiar
times
--
after
a
company
of
friends
had
jollified
,
for
instance
,
and
all
had
left
,
including
Gurney
,
when
the
latter
would
quietly
return
,
with
Stephanie
sometimes
,
if
she
had
left
with
the
others
,
alone
if
she
had
remained
behind
.
The
visits
were
of
varying
duration
,
and
Kennedy
,
to
be
absolutely
accurate
,
kept
days
,
dates
,
the
duration
of
the
hours
,
which
he
left
noted
in
a
sealed
envelope
for
Cowperwood
in
the
morning
.
Cowperwood
was
enraged
,
but
so
great
was
his
interest
in
Stephanie
that
he
was
not
prepared
to
act
.
He
wanted
to
see
to
what
extent
her
duplicity
would
go
.
The
novelty
of
this
atmosphere
and
its
effect
on
him
was
astonishing
.
Although
his
mind
was
vigorously
employed
during
the
day
,
nevertheless
his
thoughts
kept
returning
constantly
.
Where
was
she
?
What
was
she
doing
?
The
bland
way
in
which
she
could
lie
reminded
him
of
himself
.
To
think
that
she
should
prefer
any
one
else
to
him
,
especially
at
this
time
when
he
was
shining
as
a
great
constructive
factor
in
the
city
,
was
too
much
.
It
smacked
of
age
,
his
ultimate
displacement
by
youth
.
It
cut
and
hurt
.
One
morning
,
after
a
peculiarly
exasperating
night
of
thought
concerning
her
,
he
said
to
young
Kennedy
:
"
I
have
a
suggestion
for
you
.
I
wish
you
would
get
this
elevator
man
you
are
working
with
down
there
to
get
you
a
duplicate
key
to
this
studio
,
and
see
if
there
is
a
bolt
on
the
inside
.
Let
me
know
when
you
do
.
Bring
me
the
key
.
The
next
time
she
is
there
of
an
evening
with
Mr.
Gurney
step
out
and
telephone
me
.
"
The
climax
came
one
night
several
weeks
after
this
discouraging
investigation
began
.
There
was
a
heavy
yellow
moon
in
the
sky
,
and
a
warm
,
sweet
summer
wind
was
blowing
.
Stephanie
had
called
on
Cowperwood
at
his
office
about
four
to
say
that
instead
of
staying
down-town
with
him
,
as
they
had
casually
planned
,
she
was
going
to
her
home
on
the
West
Side
to
attend
a
garden-party
of
some
kind
at
Georgia
Timberlake
's
.
Cowperwood
looked
at
her
with
--
for
him
--
a
morbid
eye
.
He
was
all
cheer
,
geniality
,
pleasant
badinage
;
but
he
was
thinking
all
the
while
what
a
shameless
enigma
she
was
,
how
well
she
played
her
part
,
what
a
fool
she
must
take
him
to
be
.
He
gave
her
youth
,
her
passion
,
her
attractiveness
,
her
natural
promiscuity
of
soul
due
credit
;
but
he
could
not
forgive
her
for
not
loving
him
perfectly
,
as
had
so
many
others
.
She
had
on
a
summery
black-and-white
frock
and
a
fetching
brown
Leghorn
hat
,
which
,
with
a
rich-red
poppy
ornamenting
a
flare
over
her
left
ear
and
a
peculiar
ruching
of
white-and-black
silk
about
the
crown
,
made
her
seem
strangely
young
,
debonair
,
a
study
in
Hebraic
and
American
origins
.
"
Going
to
have
a
nice
time
,
are
you
?
"
he
asked
,
genially
,
politically
,
eying
her
in
his
enigmatic
and
inscrutable
way
.
"
Going
to
shine
among
that
charming
company
you
keep
!
I
suppose
all
the
standbys
will
be
there
--
Bliss
Bridge
,
Mr.
Knowles
,
Mr.
Cross
--
dancing
attendance
on
you
?
"
He
failed
to
mention
Mr.
Gurney
.
