"I'm delighted to meet you, Mrs.Hand.

I have read of you, too.

But I hope you don't believe all the papers say about me." "And if I did it wouldn't hurt you in my estimation.

To do is to be talked about in these days." Cowperwood, because of his desire to employ the services of Hand, was at his best.

He kept the conversation within conventional lines; but all the while he was exchanging secret, unobserved smiles with Mrs.
Hand, whom he realized at once had married Hand for his money, and was bent, under a somewhat jealous espionage, to have a good time anyhow.
There is a kind of eagerness that goes with those who are watched and wish to escape that gives them a gay, electric awareness and sparkle in the presence of an opportunity for release.