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Aileen
was
thrilling
with
anticipation
.
"
Oh
,
Frank
,
"
she
said
to
him
,
quite
ecstatically
,
"
you
're
so
wonderful
!
You
do
everything
you
want
,
do
n't
you
?
"
"
Not
quite
,
"
he
said
,
deprecatingly
;
"
but
it
is
n't
for
not
wanting
to
.
Chance
has
a
little
to
say
about
some
of
these
chings
,
Aileen
.
"
She
stood
in
front
of
him
,
as
she
often
did
,
her
plump
,
ringed
hands
on
his
shoulders
,
and
looked
into
those
steady
,
lucid
pools
--
his
eyes
.
Another
man
,
less
leonine
,
and
with
all
his
shifting
thoughts
,
might
have
had
to
contend
with
the
handicap
of
a
shifty
gaze
;
he
fronted
the
queries
and
suspicions
of
the
world
with
a
seeming
candor
that
was
as
disarming
as
that
of
a
child
.
The
truth
was
he
believed
in
himself
,
and
himself
only
,
and
thence
sprang
his
courage
to
think
as
he
pleased
.
Aileen
wondered
,
but
could
get
no
answer
.
"
Oh
,
you
big
tiger
!
"
she
said
.
"
You
great
,
big
lion
!
Boo
!
"
He
pinched
her
cheek
and
smiled
.
"
Poor
Aileen
!
"
he
thought
.
She
little
knew
the
unsolvable
mystery
that
he
was
even
to
himself
--
to
himself
most
of
all
.
Immediately
after
their
marriage
Cowperwood
and
Aileen
journeyed
to
Chicago
direct
,
and
took
the
best
rooms
that
the
Tremont
provided
,
for
the
time
being
.
A
little
later
they
heard
of
a
comparatively
small
furnished
house
at
Twenty-third
and
Michigan
Avenue
,
which
,
with
horses
and
carriages
thrown
in
,
was
to
be
had
for
a
season
or
two
on
lease
.
They
contracted
for
it
at
once
,
installing
a
butler
,
servants
,
and
the
general
service
of
a
well-appointed
home
.
Here
,
because
he
thought
it
was
only
courteous
,
and
not
because
he
thought
it
was
essential
or
wise
at
this
time
to
attempt
a
social
onslaught
,
he
invited
the
Addisons
and
one
or
two
others
whom
he
felt
sure
would
come
--
Alexander
Rambaud
,
president
of
the
Chicago
&
Northwestern
,
and
his
wife
,
and
Taylor
Lord
,
an
architect
whom
he
had
recently
called
into
consultation
and
whom
he
found
socially
acceptable
.
Lord
,
like
the
Addisons
,
was
in
society
,
but
only
as
a
minor
figure
.
Trust
Cowperwood
to
do
the
thing
as
it
should
be
done
.
The
place
they
had
leased
was
a
charming
little
gray-stone
house
,
with
a
neat
flight
of
granite
,
balustraded
steps
leading
up
to
its
wide-arched
door
,
and
a
judicious
use
of
stained
glass
to
give
its
interior
an
artistically
subdued
atmosphere
.
Fortunately
,
it
was
furnished
in
good
taste
.
Cowperwood
turned
over
the
matter
of
the
dinner
to
a
caterer
and
decorator
.
Aileen
had
nothing
to
do
but
dress
,
and
wait
,
and
look
her
best
.
"
I
need
n't
tell
you
,
"
he
said
,
in
the
morning
,
on
leaving
,
"
that
I
want
you
to
look
nice
to-night
,
pet
.
I
want
the
Addisons
and
Mr.
Rambaud
to
like
you
.
"
