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Cowperwood
paid
no
heed
.
Out
he
went
through
the
dark
hall
and
down
the
stairs
.
For
once
the
lure
of
a
beautiful
,
enigmatic
,
immoral
,
and
promiscuous
woman
--
poison
flower
though
she
was
--
was
haunting
him
.
"
D
--
her
!
"
he
exclaimed
.
"
D
--
the
little
beast
,
anyhow
!
The
--
--
!
The
--
--
!
"
He
used
terms
so
hard
,
so
vile
,
so
sad
,
all
because
he
knew
for
once
what
it
was
to
love
and
lose
--
to
want
ardently
in
his
way
and
not
to
have
--
now
or
ever
after
.
He
was
determined
that
his
path
and
that
of
Stephanie
Platow
should
never
be
allowed
to
cross
again
.
It
chanced
that
shortly
before
this
liaison
was
broken
off
,
some
troubling
information
was
quite
innocently
conveyed
to
Aileen
by
Stephanie
Platow
's
own
mother
.
One
day
Mrs.
Platow
,
in
calling
on
Mrs.
Cowperwood
,
commented
on
the
fact
that
Stephanie
was
gradually
improving
in
her
art
,
that
the
Garrick
Players
had
experienced
a
great
deal
of
trouble
,
and
that
Stephanie
was
shortly
to
appear
in
a
new
role
--
something
Chinese
.
"
That
was
such
a
charming
set
of
jade
you
gave
her
,
"
she
volunteered
,
genially
.
"
I
only
saw
it
the
other
day
for
the
first
time
.
She
never
told
me
about
it
before
.
She
prizes
it
so
very
highly
,
that
I
feel
as
though
I
ought
to
thank
you
myself
.
"
Aileen
opened
her
eyes
.
"
Jade
!
"
she
observed
,
curiously
.
"
Why
,
I
do
n't
remember
.
"
Recalling
Cowperwood
's
proclivities
on
the
instant
,
she
was
suspicious
,
distraught
.
Her
face
showed
her
perplexity
.
"
Why
,
yes
,
"
replied
Mrs.
Platow
,
Aileen
's
show
of
surprise
troubling
her
.
"
The
ear-rings
and
necklet
,
you
know
.
She
said
you
gave
them
to
her
.
"
"
To
be
sure
,
"
answered
Aileen
,
catching
herself
as
by
a
hair
.
"
I
do
recall
it
now
.
But
it
was
Frank
who
really
gave
them
.
I
hope
she
likes
them
.
"
She
smiled
sweetly
.
"
She
thinks
they
're
beautiful
,
and
they
do
become
her
,
"
continued
Mrs.
Platow
,
pleasantly
,
understanding
it
all
,
as
she
fancied
.
The
truth
was
that
Stephanie
,
having
forgotten
,
had
left
her
make-up
box
open
one
day
at
home
,
and
her
mother
,
rummaging
in
her
room
for
something
,
had
discovered
them
and
genially
confronted
her
with
them
,
for
she
knew
the
value
of
jade
.
Nonplussed
for
the
moment
,
Stephanie
had
lost
her
mental
,
though
not
her
outward
,
composure
and
referred
them
back
casually
to
an
evening
at
the
Cowperwood
home
when
Aileen
had
been
present
and
the
gauds
had
been
genially
forced
upon
her
.
Unfortunately
for
Aileen
,
the
matter
was
not
to
be
allowed
to
rest
just
so
,
for
going
one
afternoon
to
a
reception
given
by
Rhees
Crier
,
a
young
sculptor
of
social
proclivities
,
who
had
been
introduced
to
her
by
Taylor
Lord
,
she
was
given
a
taste
of
what
it
means
to
be
a
neglected
wife
from
a
public
point
of
view
.
As
she
entered
on
this
occasion
she
happened
to
overhear
two
women
talking
in
a
corner
behind
a
screen
erected
to
conceal
wraps
.
"
Oh
,
here
comes
Mrs.
Cowperwood
,
"
said
one
.
"
She
's
the
street-railway
magnate
's
wife
.
Last
winter
and
spring
he
was
running
with
that
Platow
girl
--
of
the
Garrick
Players
,
you
know
.
"
