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A
little
later
Cowperwood
was
moved
to
definite
action
by
the
discovery
in
a
photographer
's
window
in
Louisville
of
a
second
picture
of
Berenice
--
a
rather
large
affair
which
Mrs.
Carter
had
had
enlarged
from
a
print
sent
her
by
her
daughter
some
time
before
.
Berenice
was
standing
rather
indifferently
posed
at
the
corner
of
a
colonial
mantel
,
a
soft
straw
outing-hat
held
negligently
in
one
hand
,
one
hip
sunk
lower
than
the
other
,
a
faint
,
elusive
smile
playing
dimly
around
her
mouth
.
The
smile
was
really
not
a
smile
,
but
only
the
wraith
of
one
,
and
the
eyes
were
wide
,
disingenuous
,
mock-simple
.
The
picture
because
of
its
simplicity
,
appealed
to
him
.
He
did
not
know
that
Mrs.
Carter
had
never
sanctioned
its
display
.
"
A
personage
,
"
was
Cowperwood
's
comment
to
himself
,
and
he
walked
into
the
photographer
's
office
to
see
what
could
be
done
about
its
removal
and
the
destruction
of
the
plates
.
A
half-hundred
dollars
,
he
found
,
would
arrange
it
all
--
plates
,
prints
,
everything
.
Since
by
this
ruse
he
secured
a
picture
for
himself
,
he
promptly
had
it
framed
and
hung
in
his
Chicago
rooms
,
where
sometimes
of
an
afternoon
when
he
was
hurrying
to
change
his
clothes
he
stopped
to
look
at
it
.
With
each
succeeding
examination
his
admiration
and
curiosity
grew
.
Here
was
perhaps
,
he
thought
,
the
true
society
woman
,
the
high-born
lady
,
the
realization
of
that
ideal
which
Mrs.
Merrill
and
many
another
grande
dame
had
suggested
.
It
was
not
so
long
after
this
again
that
,
chancing
to
be
in
Louisville
,
he
discovered
Mrs.
Carter
in
a
very
troubled
social
condition
.
Her
affairs
had
received
a
severe
setback
.
A
certain
Major
Hagenback
,
a
citizen
of
considerable
prominence
,
had
died
in
her
home
under
peculiar
circumstances
.
He
was
a
man
of
wealth
,
married
,
and
nominally
living
with
his
wife
in
Lexington
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
he
spent
very
little
time
there
,
and
at
the
time
of
his
death
of
heart
failure
was
leading
a
pleasurable
existence
with
a
Miss
Trent
,
an
actress
,
whom
he
had
introduced
to
Mrs.
Carter
as
his
friend
.
The
police
,
through
a
talkative
deputy
coroner
,
were
made
aware
of
all
the
facts
.
Pictures
of
Miss
Trent
,
Mrs.
Carter
,
Major
Hagenback
,
his
wife
,
and
many
curious
details
concerning
Mrs.
Carter
's
home
were
about
to
appear
in
the
papers
when
Colonel
Gillis
and
others
who
were
powerful
socially
and
politically
interfered
;
the
affair
was
hushed
up
,
but
Mrs.
Carter
was
in
distress
.
This
was
more
than
she
had
bargained
for
.
Her
quondam
friends
were
frightened
away
for
the
nonce
.
She
herself
had
lost
courage
.
When
Cowperwood
saw
her
she
had
been
in
the
very
human
act
of
crying
,
and
her
eyes
were
red
.
"
Well
,
well
,
"
he
commented
,
on
seeing
her
--
she
was
in
moody
gray
in
the
bargain
--
"
you
do
n't
mean
to
tell
me
you
're
worrying
about
anything
,
are
you
?
"
"
Oh
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
she
explained
,
pathetically
,
"
I
have
had
so
much
trouble
since
I
saw
you
.
You
heard
of
Major
Hagenback
's
death
,
did
n't
you
?
"
Cowperwood
,
who
had
heard
something
of
the
story
from
Colonel
Gillis
,
nodded
.
"
Well
,
I
have
just
been
notified
by
the
police
that
I
will
have
to
move
,
and
the
landlord
has
given
me
notice
,
too
.
If
it
just
were
n't
for
my
two
children
--
"
She
dabbed
at
her
eyes
pathetically
.
Cowperwood
meditated
interestedly
.
"
Have
n't
you
any
place
you
can
go
?
"
he
asked
.
