She was to him at times as attractive as ever--perhaps more so for the reason that her self-imagined rights were being thus roughly infringed upon.

He was sorry for her, but inclined to justify himself on the ground that these other relations--with possibly the exception of Mrs.Sohlherg--were not enduring.

If it had been possible to marry Mrs.Sohlberg he might have done so, and he did speculate at times as to whether anything would ever induce Aileen to leave him; but this was more or less idle speculation.

He rather fancied they would live out their days together, seeing that he was able thus easily to deceive her.

But as for a girl like Antoinette Nowak, she figured in that braided symphony of mere sex attraction which somehow makes up that geometric formula of beauty which rules the world.