When she was nineteen, she married Oscar Chopin, a twenty-five-year-old French-Creole businessman. ... Kate and Oscar were very happy together and soon they were a part of the high society. Oscar tolerated Kate's "unconventional" ways, even though relatives warned him not to. Oscar treated her as an intellectual equal and didn't seem to mind that she smoked, drank, and behaved as her own person. ... Luckily, Oscar Chopin had been a successful businessman. ...

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