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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
affairs
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
Aileen
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
beholden
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
believed
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
came
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
carried
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
Cecily
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
Chicago
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
Coincident
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
commercial
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From this reading Cowperwood was so suave, so commercial.
concerning
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
Cowperwood
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
Cowperwood's
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
direct
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
Disclosures
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
discovery
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
disturbances
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
Editor
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
favors
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
fight
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
Haguenin
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
Haguenin's
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
heard
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
hearing
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
heaven
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
insufficient
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
journalistic
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
kind
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
knows
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
lady
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
longer
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
man
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
many
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
matter
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
past
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
petty
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
preclude
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
present
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
profession
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
public
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
relationship
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
rumors
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
scarcely
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Cowperwood was so suave, so commercial.
social
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
society
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
spite
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
springing
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
state
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
suave
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From this reading Cowperwood was so suave, so commercial.
subsequent
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
things
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From this reading He had heard many things concerning him--his past--but Cowperwood's present state in Chicago was such, it seemed to him, as to preclude petty affairs of this kind.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
Untoward
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From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
very
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
way
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
willing
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Untoward Disclosures Coincident with these public disturbances and of subsequent hearing upon them was the discovery by Editor Haguenin of Cowperwood's relationship with Cecily.
world
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From this reading It came about not through Aileen, who was no longer willing to fight Cowperwood in this matter, but through Haguenin's lady society editor, who, hearing rumors in the social world, springing from heaven knows where, and being beholden to Haguenin for many favors, had carried the matter to him in a very direct way.
worldliness
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From this reading Haguenin, a man of insufficient worldliness in spite of his journalistic profession, scarcely believed it.
