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He
merely
looked
at
her
.
"
This
house
can
be
little
more
than
a
museum
to
me
,
he
remarked
,
simply
,
when
her
mother
was
out
of
hearing
;
"
but
I
shall
build
it
as
perfectly
as
I
can
.
Perhaps
others
may
enjoy
it
if
I
do
not
.
"
She
looked
at
him
musingly
,
understandingly
,
and
he
smiled
.
She
realized
,
of
course
,
that
he
was
trying
to
convey
to
her
that
he
was
lonely
.
Engrossed
in
the
pleasures
and
entertainments
which
Cowperwood
's
money
was
providing
,
Berenice
had
until
recently
given
very
little
thought
to
her
future
.
Cowperwood
had
been
most
liberal
.
"
She
is
young
,
"
he
once
said
to
Mrs.
Carter
,
with
an
air
of
disinterested
liberality
,
when
they
were
talking
about
Berenice
and
her
future
.
"
She
is
an
exquisite
.
Let
her
have
her
day
.
If
she
marries
well
she
can
pay
you
back
,
or
me
.
But
give
her
all
she
needs
now
.
"
And
he
signed
checks
with
the
air
of
a
gardener
who
is
growing
a
wondrous
orchid
.
The
truth
was
that
Mrs.
Carter
had
become
so
fond
of
Berenice
as
an
object
of
beauty
,
a
prospective
grande
dame
,
that
she
would
have
sold
her
soul
to
see
her
well
placed
;
and
as
the
money
to
provide
the
dresses
,
setting
,
equipage
had
to
come
from
somewhere
,
she
had
placed
her
spirit
in
subjection
to
Cowperwood
and
pretended
not
to
see
the
compromising
position
in
which
she
was
placing
all
that
was
near
and
dear
to
her
.
"
Oh
,
you
're
so
good
,
"
she
more
than
once
said
to
him
a
mist
of
gratitude
commingled
with
joy
in
her
eyes
.
"
I
would
never
have
believed
it
of
any
one
.
But
Bevy
--
"
"
An
esthete
is
an
esthete
,
"
Cowperwood
replied
.
"
They
are
rare
enough
.
I
like
to
see
a
spirit
as
fine
as
hers
move
untroubled
.
She
will
make
her
way
.
"
Seeing
Lieutenant
Braxmar
in
the
foreground
of
Berenice
's
affairs
,
Mrs.
Carter
was
foolish
enough
to
harp
on
the
matter
in
a
friendly
,
ingratiating
way
.
Braxmar
was
really
interesting
after
his
fashion
.
He
was
young
,
tall
,
muscular
,
and
handsome
,
a
graceful
dancer
;
but
,
better
yet
,
he
represented
in
his
moods
lineage
,
social
position
,
a
number
of
the
things
which
engaged
Berenice
most
.
He
was
intelligent
,
serious
,
with
a
kind
of
social
grace
which
was
gay
,
courteous
,
wistful
.
Berenice
met
him
first
at
a
local
dance
,
where
a
new
step
was
being
practised
--
"
dancing
in
the
barn
,
"
as
it
was
called
--
and
so
airily
did
he
tread
it
with
her
in
his
handsome
uniform
that
she
was
half
smitten
for
the
moment
.
"
You
dance
delightfully
,
"
she
said
.
"
Is
this
a
part
of
your
life
on
the
ocean
wave
?
"
