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Aileen
laughed
.
"
It
's
charming
of
you
,
but
we
can
meet
again
,
perhaps
.
Besides
,
there
's
some
one
here
"
--
Lord
was
tactfully
directing
her
attention
to
another
woman
.
Rhees
Grier
and
McKibben
,
who
were
present
also
,
came
to
her
assistance
.
In
the
hubbub
that
ensued
Aileen
was
temporarily
extricated
and
Lynde
tactfully
steered
out
of
her
way
.
But
they
had
met
again
,
and
it
was
not
to
be
the
last
time
.
Subsequent
to
this
second
meeting
,
Lynde
thought
the
matter
over
quite
calmly
,
and
decided
that
he
must
make
a
definite
effort
to
become
more
intimate
with
Aileen
.
Though
she
was
not
as
young
as
some
others
,
she
suited
his
present
mood
exactly
.
She
was
rich
physically
--
voluptuous
and
sentient
.
She
was
not
of
his
world
precisely
,
but
what
of
it
?
She
was
the
wife
of
an
eminent
financier
,
who
had
been
in
society
once
,
and
she
herself
had
a
dramatic
record
.
He
was
sure
of
that
.
He
could
win
her
if
he
wanted
to
.
It
would
be
easy
,
knowing
her
as
he
did
,
and
knowing
what
he
did
about
her
.
So
not
long
after
,
Lynde
ventured
to
invite
her
,
with
Lord
,
McKibben
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Rhees
Grier
,
and
a
young
girl
friend
of
Mrs.
Grier
who
was
rather
attractive
,
a
Miss
Chrystobel
Lanman
,
to
a
theater
and
supper
party
.
The
programme
was
to
hear
a
reigning
farce
at
Hooley
's
,
then
to
sup
at
the
Richelieu
,
and
finally
to
visit
a
certain
exclusive
gambling-parlor
which
then
flourished
on
the
South
Side
--
the
resort
of
actors
,
society
gamblers
,
and
the
like
--
where
roulette
,
trente-et-quarante
,
baccarat
,
and
the
honest
game
of
poker
,
to
say
nothing
of
various
other
games
of
chance
,
could
be
played
amid
exceedingly
recherche
surroundings
.
The
party
was
gay
,
especially
after
the
adjournment
to
the
Richelieu
,
where
special
dishes
of
chicken
,
lobster
,
and
a
bucket
of
champagne
were
served
.
Later
at
the
Alcott
Club
,
as
the
gambling
resort
was
known
,
Aileen
,
according
to
Lynde
,
was
to
be
taught
to
play
baccarat
,
poker
,
and
any
other
game
that
she
wished
.
"
You
follow
my
advice
,
Mrs.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
observed
,
cheerfully
,
at
dinner
--
being
host
,
he
had
put
her
between
himself
and
McKibben
--
"
and
I
'll
show
you
how
to
get
your
money
back
anyhow
.
That
's
more
than
some
others
can
do
,
"
he
added
,
spiritedly
,
recalling
by
a
look
a
recent
occasion
when
he
and
McKibben
,
being
out
with
friends
,
the
latter
had
advised
liberally
and
had
seen
his
advice
go
wrong
.
"
Have
you
been
gambling
,
Kent
?
"
asked
Aileen
,
archly
,
turning
to
her
long-time
social
mentor
and
friend
.
"
No
,
I
can
honestly
say
I
have
n't
,
"
replied
McKibben
,
with
a
bland
smile
.
"
I
may
have
thought
I
was
gambling
,
but
I
admit
I
do
n't
know
how
.
Now
Polk
,
here
,
wins
all
the
time
,
do
n't
you
,
Polk
?
Just
follow
him
.
"
A
wry
smile
spread
over
Lynde
's
face
at
this
,
for
it
was
on
record
in
certain
circles
that
he
had
lost
as
much
as
ten
and
even
fifteen
thousand
in
an
evening
.
He
also
had
a
record
of
winning
twenty-five
thousand
once
at
baccarat
at
an
all-night
and
all-day
sitting
,
and
then
losing
it
.
Lynde
all
through
the
evening
had
been
casting
hard
,
meaning
glances
into
Aileen
's
eyes
.
She
could
not
avoid
this
,
and
she
did
not
feel
that
she
wanted
to
.
He
was
so
charming
.
He
was
talking
to
her
half
the
time
at
the
theater
,
without
apparently
addressing
or
even
seeing
her
.
Aileen
knew
well
enough
what
was
in
his
mind
.
At
times
,
quite
as
in
those
days
when
she
had
first
met
Cowperwood
,
she
felt
an
unwilled
titillation
in
her
blood
.
Her
eyes
brightened
.
It
was
just
possible
that
she
could
come
to
love
a
man
like
this
,
although
it
would
be
hard
.
It
would
serve
Cowperwood
right
for
neglecting
her
.
Yet
even
now
the
shadow
of
Cowperwood
was
over
her
,
but
also
the
desire
for
love
and
a
full
sex
life
.
In
the
gambling-rooms
was
gathered
an
interested
and
fairly
smart
throng
--
actors
,
actresses
,
clubmen
,
one
or
two
very
emancipated
women
of
the
high
local
social
world
,
and
a
number
of
more
or
less
gentlemanly
young
gamblers
.
Both
Lord
and
McKibben
began
suggesting
column
numbers
for
first
plays
to
their
proteges
,
while
Lynde
leaned
caressingly
over
Aileen
's
powdered
shoulders
.
