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Instance
in
this
connection
Mrs.
Norrie
Simms
,
who
was
a
satellite
of
Mrs.
Anson
Merrill
.
To
be
invited
to
the
Anson
Merrills
'
for
tea
,
dinner
,
luncheon
,
or
to
be
driven
down-town
by
Mrs.
Merrill
,
was
paradise
to
Mrs.
Simms
.
She
loved
to
recite
the
bon
mots
of
her
idol
,
to
discourse
upon
her
astonishing
degree
of
culture
,
to
narrate
how
people
refused
on
occasion
to
believe
that
she
was
the
wife
of
Anson
Merrill
,
even
though
she
herself
declared
it
--
those
old
chestnuts
of
the
social
world
which
must
have
had
their
origin
in
Egypt
and
Chaldea
.
Mrs.
Simms
herself
was
of
a
nondescript
type
,
not
a
real
personage
,
clever
,
good-looking
,
tasteful
,
a
social
climber
.
The
two
Simms
children
(
little
girls
)
had
been
taught
all
the
social
graces
of
the
day
--
to
pose
,
smirk
,
genuflect
,
and
the
like
,
to
the
immense
delight
of
their
elders
.
The
nurse
in
charge
was
in
uniform
,
the
governess
was
a
much
put-upon
person
.
Mrs.
Simms
had
a
high
manner
,
eyes
for
those
above
her
only
,
a
serene
contempt
for
the
commonplace
world
in
which
she
had
to
dwell
.
During
the
first
dinner
at
which
she
entertained
the
Cowperwoods
Mrs.
Simms
attempted
to
dig
into
Aileen
's
Philadelphia
history
,
asking
if
she
knew
the
Arthur
Leighs
,
the
Trevor
Drakes
,
Roberta
Willing
,
or
the
Martyn
Walkers
.
Mrs.
Simms
did
not
know
them
herself
,
but
she
had
heard
Mrs.
Merrill
speak
of
them
,
and
that
was
enough
of
a
handle
whereby
to
swing
them
.
Aileen
,
quick
on
the
defense
,
ready
to
lie
manfully
on
her
own
behalf
,
assured
her
that
she
had
known
them
,
as
indeed
she
had
--
very
casually
--
and
before
the
rumor
which
connected
her
with
Cowperwood
had
been
voiced
abroad
.
This
pleased
Mrs.
Simms
.
"
I
must
tell
Nellie
,
"
she
said
,
referring
thus
familiarly
to
Mrs.
Merrill
.
Aileen
feared
that
if
this
sort
of
thing
continued
it
would
soon
be
all
over
town
that
she
had
been
a
mistress
before
she
had
been
a
wife
,
that
she
had
been
the
unmentioned
corespondent
in
the
divorce
suit
,
and
that
Cowperwood
had
been
in
prison
.
Only
his
wealth
and
her
beauty
could
save
her
;
and
would
they
?
One
night
they
had
been
to
dinner
at
the
Duane
Kingslands
'
,
and
Mrs.
Bradford
Canda
had
asked
her
,
in
what
seemed
a
very
significant
way
,
whether
she
had
ever
met
her
friend
Mrs.
Schuyler
Evans
,
of
Philadelphia
.
This
frightened
Aileen
.
"
Do
n't
you
suppose
they
must
know
,
some
of
them
,
about
us
?
"
she
asked
Cowperwood
,
on
the
way
home
.
"
I
suppose
so
,
"
he
replied
,
thoughtfully
.
"
I
'm
sure
I
do
n't
know
.
I
would
n't
worry
about
that
if
I
were
you
.
If
you
worry
about
it
you
'll
suggest
it
to
them
.
I
have
n't
made
any
secret
of
my
term
in
prison
in
Philadelphia
,
and
I
do
n't
intend
to
.
It
was
n't
a
square
deal
,
and
they
had
no
right
to
put
me
there
.
"
"
I
know
,
dear
,
"
replied
Aileen
,
"
it
might
not
make
so
much
difference
if
they
did
know
.
I
do
n't
see
why
it
should
.
We
are
not
the
only
ones
that
have
had
marriage
troubles
,
I
'm
sure
.
"
There
's
just
one
thing
about
this
;
either
they
accept
us
or
they
do
n't
.
If
they
do
n't
,
well
and
good
;
we
ca
n't
help
it
.
We
'll
go
on
and
finish
the
house
,
and
give
them
a
chance
to
be
decent
.
If
they
wo
n't
be
,
there
are
other
cities
.
Money
will
arrange
matters
in
New
York
--
that
I
know
