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How
could
he
hearten
them
to
another
struggle
--
how
face
the
blazing
wrath
of
a
mighty
populace
that
had
once
learned
how
to
win
?
Others
might
enter
here
--
Haeckelheimer
,
Fishel
,
any
one
of
a
half-dozen
Eastern
giants
--
and
smooth
out
the
ruffled
surface
of
the
angry
sea
that
he
had
blown
to
fury
.
But
as
for
him
,
he
was
tired
,
sick
of
Chicago
,
sick
of
this
interminable
contest
.
Only
recently
he
had
promised
himself
that
if
he
were
to
turn
this
great
trick
he
would
never
again
attempt
anything
so
desperate
or
requiring
so
much
effort
.
He
would
not
need
to
.
The
size
of
his
fortune
made
it
of
little
worth
.
Besides
,
in
spite
of
his
tremendous
vigor
,
he
was
getting
on
.
Since
he
had
alienated
Aileen
he
was
quite
alone
,
out
of
touch
with
any
one
identified
with
the
earlier
years
of
his
life
.
His
all-desired
Berenice
still
evaded
him
.
True
,
she
had
shown
lately
a
kind
of
warming
sympathy
;
but
what
was
it
?
Gracious
tolerance
,
perhaps
--
a
sense
of
obligation
?
Certainly
little
more
,
he
felt
.
He
looked
into
the
future
,
deciding
heavily
that
he
must
fight
on
,
whatever
happened
,
and
then
--
While
he
sat
thus
drearily
pondering
,
answering
a
telephone
call
now
and
then
,
the
door-bell
rang
and
the
servant
brought
a
card
which
he
said
had
been
presented
by
a
young
woman
who
declared
that
it
would
bring
immediate
recognition
.
Glancing
at
it
,
Cowperwood
jumped
to
his
feet
and
hurried
down-stairs
into
the
one
presence
he
most
craved
.
There
are
compromises
of
the
spirit
too
elusive
and
subtle
to
be
traced
in
all
their
involute
windings
.
From
that
earliest
day
when
Berenice
Fleming
had
first
set
eyes
on
Cowperwood
she
had
been
moved
by
a
sense
of
power
,
an
amazing
and
fascinating
individuality
.
Since
then
by
degrees
he
had
familiarized
her
with
a
thought
of
individual
freedom
of
action
and
a
disregard
of
current
social
standards
which
were
destructive
to
an
earlier
conventional
view
of
things
.
Following
him
through
this
Chicago
fight
,
she
had
been
caught
by
the
wonder
of
his
dreams
;
he
was
on
the
way
toward
being
one
of
the
world
's
greatest
money
giants
.
During
his
recent
trips
East
she
had
sometimes
felt
that
she
was
able
to
read
in
the
cast
of
his
face
the
intensity
of
this
great
ambition
,
which
had
for
its
ultimate
aim
--
herself
.
So
he
had
once
assured
her
.
Always
with
her
he
had
been
so
handsome
,
so
pleading
,
so
patient
.
So
here
she
was
in
Chicago
to-night
,
the
guest
of
friends
at
the
Richelieu
,
and
standing
in
Cowperwood
's
presence
.
"
Why
,
Berenice
!
"
he
said
,
extending
a
cordial
hand
.
"
When
did
you
arrive
in
town
?
Whatever
brings
you
here
?
"
He
had
once
tried
to
make
her
promise
that
if
ever
her
feeling
toward
him
changed
she
would
let
him
know
of
it
in
some
way
.
And
here
she
was
to-night
--
on
what
errand
?
He
noted
her
costume
of
brown
silk
and
velvet
--
how
well
it
seemed
to
suggest
her
cat-like
grace
!
"
You
bring
me
here
,
"
she
replied
,
with
an
indefinable
something
in
her
voice
which
was
at
once
a
challenge
and
a
confession
.
"
I
thought
from
what
I
had
just
been
reading
that
you
might
really
need
me
now
.
"
"
You
mean
--
?
"
he
inquired
,
looking
at
her
with
vivid
eyes
.
There
he
paused
.
