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We
can
build
a
real
place
there
,
and
go
in
on
equal
terms
if
we
have
money
enough
--
and
I
will
have
money
enough
,
"
he
added
,
after
a
moment
's
pondering
.
"
Never
fear
.
I
'll
make
millions
here
,
whether
they
want
me
to
or
not
,
and
after
that
--
well
,
after
that
,
we
'll
see
what
we
'll
see
.
Do
n't
worry
.
I
have
n't
seen
many
troubles
in
this
world
that
money
would
n't
cure
.
"
His
teeth
had
that
even
set
that
they
always
assumed
when
he
was
dangerously
in
earnest
.
He
took
Aileen
's
hand
,
however
,
and
pressed
it
gently
.
"
Do
n't
worry
,
"
he
repeated
.
"
Chicago
is
n't
the
only
city
,
and
we
wo
n't
be
the
poorest
people
in
America
,
either
,
in
ten
years
.
Just
keep
up
your
courage
.
It
will
all
come
out
right
.
It
's
certain
to
.
"
Aileen
looked
out
on
the
lamp-lit
length
of
Michigan
Avenue
,
down
which
they
were
rolling
past
many
silent
mansions
.
The
tops
of
all
the
lamps
were
white
,
and
gleamed
through
the
shadows
,
receding
to
a
thin
point
.
It
was
dark
,
but
fresh
and
pleasant
.
Oh
,
if
only
Frank
's
money
could
buy
them
position
and
friendship
in
this
interesting
world
;
if
it
only
would
!
She
did
not
quite
realize
how
much
on
her
own
personality
,
or
the
lack
of
it
,
this
struggle
depended
.
The
opening
of
the
house
in
Michigan
Avenue
occurred
late
in
November
in
the
fall
of
eighteen
seventy-eight
.
When
Aileen
and
Cowperwood
had
been
in
Chicago
about
two
years
.
Altogether
,
between
people
whom
they
had
met
at
the
races
,
at
various
dinners
and
teas
,
and
at
receptions
of
the
Union
and
Calumet
Clubs
(
to
which
Cowperwood
,
through
Addison
's
backing
,
had
been
admitted
)
and
those
whom
McKibben
and
Lord
influenced
,
they
were
able
to
send
invitations
to
about
three
hundred
,
of
whom
some
two
hundred
and
fifty
responded
.
Up
to
this
time
,
owing
to
Cowperwood
's
quiet
manipulation
of
his
affairs
,
there
had
been
no
comment
on
his
past
--
no
particular
interest
in
it
.
He
had
money
,
affable
ways
,
a
magnetic
personality
.
The
business
men
of
the
city
--
those
whom
he
met
socially
--
were
inclined
to
consider
him
fascinating
and
very
clever
.
Aileen
being
beautiful
and
graceful
for
attention
,
was
accepted
at
more
or
less
her
own
value
,
though
the
kingly
high
world
knew
them
not
.
It
is
amazing
what
a
showing
the
socially
unplaced
can
make
on
occasion
where
tact
and
discrimination
are
used
.
There
was
a
weekly
social
paper
published
in
Chicago
at
this
time
,
a
rather
able
publication
as
such
things
go
,
which
Cowperwood
,
with
McKibben
's
assistance
,
had
pressed
into
service
.
Not
much
can
be
done
under
any
circumstances
where
the
cause
is
not
essentially
strong
;
but
where
,
as
in
this
case
,
there
is
a
semblance
of
respectability
,
considerable
wealth
,
and
great
force
and
magnetism
,
all
things
are
possible
.
Kent
McKibben
knew
Horton
Biggers
,
the
editor
,
who
was
a
rather
desolate
and
disillusioned
person
of
forty-five
,
gray
,
and
depressed-looking
--
a
sort
of
human
sponge
or
barnacle
who
was
only
galvanized
into
seeming
interest
and
cheerfulness
by
sheer
necessity
.
Those
were
the
days
when
the
society
editor
was
accepted
as
a
member
of
society
--
de
facto
--
and
treated
more
as
a
guest
than
a
reporter
,
though
even
then
the
tendency
was
toward
elimination
.
Working
for
Cowperwood
,
and
liking
him
,
McKibben
said
to
Biggers
one
evening
:
"
You
know
the
Cowperwoods
,
do
n't
you
,
Biggers
?
"
"
No
,
"
replied
the
latter
,
who
devoted
himself
barnacle-wise
to
the
more
exclusive
circles
.
"
Who
are
they
?
"
"
Why
,
he
's
a
banker
over
here
in
La
Salle
Street
.
They
're
from
Philadelphia
.
Mrs.
Cowperwood
's
a
beautiful
woman
--
young
and
all
that
.
They
're
building
a
house
out
here
on
Michigan
Avenue
.
You
ought
to
know
them
.
They
're
going
to
get
in
,
I
think
.
The
Addisons
like
them
.
If
you
were
to
be
nice
to
them
now
I
think
they
'd
appreciate
it
later
.
He
's
rather
liberal
,
and
a
good
fellow
.
"
