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His
gray
eyes
were
a
study
in
colossal
enigmatic
spirit
.
"
The
governor
has
n't
signed
my
fifty-year
franchise
bill
"
(
this
was
before
the
closing
events
at
Springfield
)
,
"
but
he
will
sign
it
.
Then
I
have
one
more
fight
ahead
of
me
.
I
'm
going
to
combine
all
the
traffic
lines
out
there
under
one
general
system
.
I
am
the
logical
person
to
provide
it
.
Later
on
,
if
public
ownership
ever
arrives
,
the
city
can
buy
it
.
"
"
And
then
--
"
asked
Berenice
sweetly
,
flattered
by
his
confidences
.
"
Oh
,
I
do
n't
know
.
I
suppose
I
'll
live
abroad
.
You
do
n't
seem
to
be
very
much
interested
in
me
.
I
'll
finish
my
picture
collection
--
"
"
But
supposing
you
should
lose
?
"
"
I
do
n't
contemplate
losing
,
"
he
remarked
,
coolly
.
"
Whatever
happens
,
I
'll
have
enough
to
live
on
.
I
'm
a
little
tired
of
contest
.
"
He
smiled
,
but
Berenice
saw
that
the
thought
of
defeat
was
a
gray
one
.
With
victory
was
his
heart
,
and
only
there
.
Owing
to
the
national
publicity
being
given
to
Cowperwood
's
affairs
at
this
time
the
effect
upon
Berenice
of
these
conversations
with
him
was
considerable
.
At
the
same
time
another
and
somewhat
sinister
influence
was
working
in
his
favor
.
By
slow
degrees
she
and
her
mother
were
coming
to
learn
that
the
ultra-conservatives
of
society
were
no
longer
willing
to
accept
them
.
Berenice
had
become
at
last
too
individual
a
figure
to
be
overlooked
.
At
an
important
luncheon
given
by
the
Harris
Haggertys
,
some
five
months
after
the
Beales
Chadsey
affair
,
she
had
been
pointed
out
to
Mrs.
Haggerty
by
a
visiting
guest
from
Cincinnati
as
some
one
with
whom
rumor
was
concerning
itself
.
Mrs.
Haggerty
wrote
to
friends
in
Louisville
for
information
,
and
received
it
.
Shortly
after
,
at
the
coming-out
party
of
a
certain
Geraldine
Borga
,
Berenice
,
who
had
been
her
sister
's
schoolmate
,
was
curiously
omitted
.
She
took
sharp
note
of
that
.
Subsequently
the
Haggertys
failed
to
include
her
,
as
they
had
always
done
before
,
in
their
generous
summer
invitations
.
This
was
true
also
of
the
Lanman
Zeiglers
and
the
Lucas
Demmigs
.
No
direct
affront
was
offered
;
she
was
simply
no
longer
invited
.
Also
one
morning
she
read
in
the
Tribune
that
Mrs.
Corscaden
Batjer
had
sailed
for
Italy
.
No
word
of
this
had
been
sent
to
Berenice
.
Yet
Mrs.
Batjer
was
supposedly
one
of
her
best
friends
.
A
hint
to
some
is
of
more
avail
than
an
open
statement
to
others
.
Berenice
knew
quite
well
in
which
direction
the
tide
was
setting
.
True
,
there
were
a
number
--
the
ultra-smart
of
the
smart
world
--
who
protested
.
Mrs.
Patrick
Gilbennin
,
for
instance
:
"
No
!
You
do
n't
tell
me
?
What
a
shame
!
Well
,
I
like
Bevy
and
shall
always
like
her
.
She
's
clever
,
and
she
can
come
here
just
as
long
as
she
chooses
.
It
is
n't
her
fault
.
She
's
a
lady
at
heart
and
always
will
be
.
Life
is
so
cruel
.
"
Mrs.
Augustus
Tabreez
:
"
Is
that
really
true
?
I
ca
n't
believe
it
.
Just
the
same
,
she
's
too
charming
to
be
dropped
.
I
for
one
propose
to
ignore
these
rumors
just
as
long
as
I
dare
.
She
can
come
here
if
she
ca
n't
go
anywhere
else
.
"
Mrs.
Pennington
Drury
:
"
That
of
Bevy
Fleming
!
Who
says
so
?
I
do
n't
believe
it
.
I
like
her
anyhow
.
The
idea
of
the
Haggertys
cutting
her
--
dull
fools
!
Well
,
she
can
be
my
guest
,
the
dear
thing
,
as
long
as
she
pleases
.
As
though
her
mother
's
career
really
affected
her
!
"
Nevertheless
,
in
the
world
of
the
dull
rich
--
those
who
hold
their
own
by
might
of
possession
,
conformity
,
owl-eyed
sobriety
,
and
ignorance
--
Bevy
Fleming
had
become
persona
non
grata
.
How
did
she
take
all
this
?
With
that
air
of
superior
consciousness
which
knows
that
no
shift
of
outer
material
ill-fortune
can
detract
one
jot
from
an
inward
mental
superiority
.
The
truly
individual
know
themselves
from
the
beginning
and
rarely
,
if
ever
,
doubt
.
Life
may
play
fast
and
loose
about
them
,
running
like
a
racing
,
destructive
tide
in
and
out
,
but
they
themselves
are
like
a
rock
,
still
,
serene
,
unmoved
.
Bevy
Fleming
felt
herself
to
be
so
immensely
superior
to
anything
of
which
she
was
a
part
that
she
could
afford
to
hold
her
head
high
even
now
Just
the
same
,
in
order
to
remedy
the
situation
she
now
looked
about
her
with
an
eye
single
to
a
possible
satisfactory
marriage
.
Braxmar
had
gone
for
good
.
He
was
somewhere
in
the
East
--
in
China
,
she
heard
--
his
infatuation
for
her
apparently
dead
.
Kilmer
Duelma
was
gone
also
--
snapped
up
--
an
acquisition
on
the
part
of
one
of
those
families
who
did
not
now
receive
her
.
