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But if I said nothing, it was only because I thought the more; for just as you spoke those words, my eye caught the glitter of this piece of granite in the firelight, and I said to myself 'that is like what Aileen's life will be, and through her life what her character will prove to be. This stone has been crushed, subjected to unimaginable heat, upheaved, submerged, ground again to powder, remelted, overwhelmed, made adamant, rent, upheaved again, and now, after æons, it lies here so near the blue above our Flamsted Hills, worthy to be used and put to all noble uses; fittest in all the world for foundation stone for it is the foundation rock of our earth crust for all lasting memorials of great deed and noble thought; for all temples and holies of holies.
"And out here in broad daylight, almost on the street, in that tea gown " "I have often been quite on the street in similar ones. Going over to Aileen's. You forget that the Western Addition is like a great park set with the homes of people more or less intimate." Mortimer made no further remarks. He had never pretended to be a match for her in words.
It was one morning not long after this that Cowperwood, feeling in a genial mood over his affairs, came into Aileen's room, as he still did on occasions, to finish dressing and pass the time of day. "Well," he observed, gaily, as he stood before the mirror adjusting his collar and tie, "how are you and Lynde getting along these days nicely?"
"You needn't believe all you hear, Joel, but you can believe me when I tell you there'll be no going on the stage for Aileen not if I know it, or Father Honoré either." He spoke so emphatically that his brother Augustus looked at him in surprise. "What's up, Tave?" he inquired. "I mean Aileen's got a level head and isn't going to leave just as things are beginning to get interesting.
Warkworth, indeed, had begun long before by flattering the mother's vanity and sense of possession, and she now threw herself hotly into his cause as against Aileen's odious trustees. They, of course, always believed the worst of everybody. As for her, all she wanted for the child was a good husband.
If I could say and believe that I loved you I would say so now, but I can't. I don't love you. Why should I say that I do?" In the content of Aileen's nature was a portion that was purely histrionic, a portion that was childish petted and spoiled a portion that was sheer unreason, and a portion that was splendid emotion deep, dark, involved.
During that time Tildy established herself firmly as a woman to be wooed. She bought ribbons, and arranged her hair like Aileen's, and tightened her waist two inches. She had a thrilling but delightful fear that Mr. Seeders would rush in suddenly and shoot her with a pistol. He must have loved her desperately; and impulsive lovers are always blindly jealous.
He loved her not only for her beauty, but for her faithful enthusiasm; but the power of others to provoke in him a momentary interest, and passion even, was something which he did not pretend to understand, explain, or moralize about. So it was and so he was. He did not want to hurt Aileen's feelings by letting her know that his impulses thus wantonly strayed to others, but so it was.
She rested her face against his sleeve and pressed his hand. Lady Blanche also wept over the telegram, exclaiming that she had always believed in Henry Warkworth, and now, perhaps, those busybodies who at Simla had been pleased to concern themselves with her affairs and Aileen's would see cause to be ashamed of themselves.
"I should like to have you withdraw your opposition to Aileen's remaining in Philadelphia, for one thing; and for another, I should like you to stop your attacks on me." Cowperwood smiled in an ingratiating way. He hoped really to placate Butler in part by his generous attitude throughout this procedure. "I can't make you do that, of course, unless you want to. I merely bring it up, Mr.
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