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It
was
a
kind
of
satisfaction
to
her
to
bait
him
in
this
way
.
His
inquiry
,
being
a
proof
of
continued
interest
on
his
part
,
was
of
some
value
.
At
least
he
was
not
entirely
indifferent
to
her
.
"
I
wish
you
would
n't
talk
that
way
,
Aileen
,
"
he
replied
.
"
I
have
no
objection
to
your
drinking
some
.
I
do
n't
suppose
it
makes
any
difference
to
you
now
whether
I
object
or
not
.
But
you
are
too
good-looking
,
too
well
set
up
physically
,
to
begin
that
.
You
do
n't
need
it
,
and
it
's
such
a
short
road
to
hell
.
Your
state
is
n't
so
bad
.
Good
heavens
!
many
another
woman
has
been
in
your
position
.
I
'm
not
going
to
leave
you
unless
you
want
to
leave
me
.
I
've
told
you
that
over
and
over
.
I
'm
just
sorry
people
change
--
we
all
do
.
I
suppose
I
've
changed
some
,
but
that
's
no
reason
for
your
letting
yourself
go
to
pieces
.
I
wish
you
would
n't
be
desperate
about
this
business
.
It
may
come
out
better
than
you
think
in
the
long
run
.
"
He
was
merely
talking
to
console
her
.
"
Oh
!
oh
!
oh
!
"
Aileen
suddenly
began
to
rock
and
cry
in
a
foolish
drunken
way
,
as
though
her
heart
would
break
,
and
Cowperwood
got
up
.
He
was
horrified
after
a
fashion
.
"
Oh
,
do
n't
come
near
me
!
"
Aileen
suddenly
exclaimed
,
sobering
in
an
equally
strange
way
.
"
I
know
why
you
come
.
I
know
how
much
you
care
about
me
or
my
looks
.
Do
n't
you
worry
whether
I
drink
or
not
.
I
'll
drink
if
I
please
,
or
do
anything
else
if
I
choose
.
If
it
helps
me
over
my
difficulties
,
that
's
my
business
,
not
yours
,
"
and
in
defiance
she
prepared
another
glass
and
drank
it
.
Cowperwood
shook
his
head
,
looking
at
her
steadily
and
sorrowfully
.
"
It
's
too
bad
,
Aileen
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
do
n't
know
what
to
do
about
you
exactly
.
You
ought
n't
to
go
on
this
way
.
Whisky
wo
n't
get
you
anywhere
.
It
will
simply
ruin
your
looks
and
make
you
miserable
in
the
bargain
.
"
"
Oh
,
to
hell
with
my
looks
!
"
she
snapped
.
"
A
lot
of
good
they
've
done
me
.
"
And
,
feeling
contentious
and
sad
,
she
got
up
and
left
the
table
.
Cowperwood
followed
her
after
a
time
,
only
to
see
her
dabbing
at
her
eyes
and
nose
with
powder
.
A
half-filled
glass
of
whisky
and
water
was
on
the
dressing-table
beside
her
.
It
gave
him
a
strange
feeling
of
responsibility
and
helplessness
.
Mingled
with
his
anxiety
as
to
Aileen
were
thoughts
of
the
alternate
rise
and
fall
of
his
hopes
in
connection
with
Berenice
.
She
was
such
a
superior
girl
,
developing
so
definitely
as
an
individual
.
To
his
satisfaction
she
had
,
on
a
few
recent
occasions
when
he
had
seen
her
,
unbent
sufficiently
to
talk
to
him
in
a
friendly
and
even
intimate
way
,
for
she
was
by
no
means
hoity-toity
,
but
a
thinking
,
reasoning
being
of
the
profoundest
intellectual
,
or
,
rather
,
the
highest
artistic
tendencies
.
She
was
so
care-free
,
living
in
a
high
and
solitary
world
,
at
times
apparently
enwrapt
in
thoughts
serene
,
at
other
times
sharing
vividly
in
the
current
interests
of
the
social
world
of
which
she
was
a
part
,
and
which
she
dignified
as
much
as
it
dignified
her
.
One
Sunday
morning
at
Pocono
,
in
late
June
weather
,
when
he
had
come
East
to
rest
for
a
few
days
,
and
all
was
still
and
airy
on
the
high
ground
which
the
Carter
cottage
occupied
,
Berenice
came
out
on
the
veranda
where
Cowperwood
was
sitting
,
reading
a
fiscal
report
of
one
of
his
companies
and
meditating
on
his
affairs
.
By
now
they
had
become
somewhat
more
sympatica
than
formerly
,
and
Berenice
had
an
easy
,
genial
way
in
his
presence
.
She
liked
him
,
rather
.
With
an
indescribable
smile
which
wrinkled
her
nose
and
eyes
,
and
played
about
the
corners
of
her
mouth
,
she
said
:
"
Now
I
am
going
to
catch
a
bird
.
"
