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The
next
day
he
'
phoned
,
and
the
stocks
,
so
Hand
informed
him
,
were
available
.
He
would
send
a
check
over
.
So
thus
a
tentative
friendship
began
,
and
it
lasted
until
the
relationship
between
Cowperwood
and
Mrs.
Hand
was
consummated
and
discovered
.
In
Caroline
Barrett
,
as
she
occasionally
preferred
to
sign
herself
,
Cowperwood
encountered
a
woman
who
was
as
restless
and
fickle
as
himself
,
but
not
so
shrewd
.
Socially
ambitious
,
she
was
anything
but
socially
conventional
,
and
she
did
not
care
for
Hand
.
Once
married
,
she
had
planned
to
repay
herself
in
part
by
a
very
gay
existence
.
The
affair
between
her
and
Cowperwood
had
begun
at
a
dinner
at
the
magnificent
residence
of
Hand
on
the
North
Shore
Drive
overlooking
the
lake
.
Cowperwood
had
gone
to
talk
over
with
her
husband
various
Chicago
matters
.
Mrs.
Hand
was
excited
by
his
risque
reputation
.
A
little
woman
in
stature
,
with
intensely
white
teeth
,
red
lips
which
she
did
not
hesitate
to
rouge
on
occasion
,
brown
hair
,
and
small
brown
eyes
which
had
a
gay
,
searching
,
defiant
twinkle
in
them
,
she
did
her
best
to
be
interesting
,
clever
,
witty
,
and
she
was
.
"
I
know
Frank
Cowperwood
by
reputation
,
anyhow
,
"
she
exclaimed
,
holding
out
a
small
,
white
,
jeweled
hand
,
the
nails
of
which
at
their
juncture
with
the
flesh
were
tinged
with
henna
,
and
the
palms
of
which
were
slightly
rouged
.
Her
eyes
blazed
,
and
her
teeth
gleamed
.
"
One
can
scarcely
read
of
anything
else
in
the
Chicago
papers
.
"
Cowperwood
returned
his
most
winning
beam
.
"
I
'm
delighted
to
meet
you
,
Mrs.
Hand
.
I
have
read
of
you
,
too
.
But
I
hope
you
do
n't
believe
all
the
papers
say
about
me
.
"
"
And
if
I
did
it
would
n't
hurt
you
in
my
estimation
.
To
do
is
to
be
talked
about
in
these
days
.
"
Cowperwood
,
because
of
his
desire
to
employ
the
services
of
Hand
,
was
at
his
best
.
He
kept
the
conversation
within
conventional
lines
;
but
all
the
while
he
was
exchanging
secret
,
unobserved
smiles
with
Mrs.
Hand
,
whom
he
realized
at
once
had
married
Hand
for
his
money
,
and
was
bent
,
under
a
somewhat
jealous
espionage
,
to
have
a
good
time
anyhow
.
There
is
a
kind
of
eagerness
that
goes
with
those
who
are
watched
and
wish
to
escape
that
gives
them
a
gay
,
electric
awareness
and
sparkle
in
the
presence
of
an
opportunity
for
release
.
Mrs.
Hand
had
this
.
Cowperwood
,
a
past
master
in
this
matter
of
femininity
,
studied
her
hands
,
her
hair
,
her
eyes
,
her
smile
.
After
some
contemplation
he
decided
,
other
things
being
equal
,
that
Mrs.
Hand
would
do
,
and
that
he
could
be
interested
if
she
were
very
much
interested
in
him
.
Her
telling
eyes
and
smiles
,
the
heightened
color
of
her
cheeks
indicated
after
a
time
that
she
was
.
Meeting
him
on
the
street
one
day
not
long
after
they
had
first
met
,
she
told
him
that
she
was
going
for
a
visit
to
friends
at
Oconomowoc
,
in
Wisconsin
.
"
I
do
n't
suppose
you
ever
get
up
that
far
north
in
summer
,
do
you
?
"
she
asked
,
with
an
air
,
and
smiled
.
