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"
He
went
up-stairs
,
and
she
followed
,
looking
first
into
the
dining-room
again
.
At
least
that
was
right
.
Surely
Frank
was
a
master
.
At
seven
the
plop
of
the
feet
of
carriage-horses
was
heard
,
and
a
moment
later
Louis
,
the
butler
,
was
opening
the
door
.
Aileen
went
down
,
a
little
nervous
,
a
little
frigid
,
trying
to
think
of
many
pleasant
things
,
and
wondering
whether
she
would
really
succeed
in
being
entertaining
.
Cowperwood
accompanied
her
,
a
very
different
person
in
so
far
as
mood
and
self-poise
were
concerned
.
To
himself
his
own
future
was
always
secure
,
and
that
of
Aileen
's
if
he
wished
to
make
it
so
.
The
arduous
,
upward-ascending
rungs
of
the
social
ladder
that
were
troubling
her
had
no
such
significance
to
him
.
The
dinner
,
as
such
simple
things
go
,
was
a
success
from
what
might
be
called
a
managerial
and
pictorial
point
of
view
.
Cowperwood
,
because
of
his
varied
tastes
and
interests
,
could
discuss
railroading
with
Mr.
Rambaud
in
a
very
definite
and
illuminating
way
;
could
talk
architecture
with
Mr.
Lord
as
a
student
,
for
instance
,
of
rare
promise
would
talk
with
a
master
;
and
with
a
woman
like
Mrs.
Addison
or
Mrs.
Rambaud
he
could
suggest
or
follow
appropriate
leads
.
Aileen
,
unfortunately
,
was
not
so
much
at
home
,
for
her
natural
state
and
mood
were
remote
not
so
much
from
a
serious
as
from
an
accurate
conception
of
life
.
So
many
things
,
except
in
a
very
nebulous
and
suggestive
way
,
were
sealed
books
to
Aileen
--
merely
faint
,
distant
tinklings
.
She
knew
nothing
of
literature
except
certain
authors
who
to
the
truly
cultured
might
seem
banal
.
As
for
art
,
it
was
merely
a
jingle
of
names
gathered
from
Cowperwood
's
private
comments
.
Her
one
redeeming
feature
was
that
she
was
truly
beautiful
herself
--
a
radiant
,
vibrating
objet
d'art
.
A
man
like
Rambaud
,
remote
,
conservative
,
constructive
,
saw
the
place
of
a
woman
like
Aileen
in
the
life
of
a
man
like
Cowperwood
on
the
instant
.
She
was
such
a
woman
as
he
would
have
prized
himself
in
a
certain
capacity
.
Sex
interest
in
all
strong
men
usually
endures
unto
the
end
,
governed
sometimes
by
a
stoic
resignation
.
The
experiment
of
such
attraction
can
,
as
they
well
know
,
be
made
over
and
over
,
but
to
what
end
?
For
many
it
becomes
too
troublesome
.
Yet
the
presence
of
so
glittering
a
spectacle
as
Aileen
on
this
night
touched
Mr.
Rambaud
with
an
ancient
ambition
.
He
looked
at
her
almost
sadly
.
Once
he
was
much
younger
.
But
alas
,
he
had
never
attracted
the
flaming
interest
of
any
such
woman
.
As
he
studied
her
now
he
wished
that
he
might
have
enjoyed
such
good
fortune
.
In
contrast
with
Aileen
's
orchid
glow
and
tinted
richness
Mrs.
Rambaud
's
simple
gray
silk
,
the
collar
of
which
came
almost
to
her
ears
,
was
disturbing
--
almost
reproving
--
but
Mrs.
Rambaud
's
ladylike
courtesy
and
generosity
made
everything
all
right
.
She
came
out
of
intellectual
New
England
--
the
Emerson
--
Thoreau-Channing
Phillips
school
of
philosophy
--
and
was
broadly
tolerant
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
she
liked
Aileen
and
all
the
Orient
richness
she
represented
.
"
Such
a
sweet
little
house
this
is
,
"
she
said
,
smilingly
.
"
We
've
noticed
it
often
.
We
're
not
so
far
removed
from
you
but
what
we
might
be
called
neighbors
.
"
Aileen
's
eyes
spoke
appreciation
.
Although
she
could
not
fully
grasp
Mrs.
Rambaud
,
she
understood
her
,
in
a
way
,
and
liked
her
.
She
was
probably
something
like
her
own
mother
would
have
been
if
the
latter
had
been
highly
educated
.
While
they
were
moving
into
the
reception-room
Taylor
Lord
was
announced
.
Cowperwood
took
his
hand
and
brought
him
forward
to
the
others
.
"
Mrs.
Cowperwood
,
"
said
Lord
,
admiringly
--
a
tall
,
rugged
,
thoughtful
person
--
"
let
me
be
one
of
many
to
welcome
you
to
Chicago
.
After
Philadelphia
you
will
find
some
things
to
desire
at
first
,
but
we
all
come
to
like
it
eventually
.
"
