Chapter X. The Counsel Of Winter: Fortune’s Ambassador Calls

           

           Inthelightoftheworld’sattitudetowardwomanandherduties,thenatureofCarrie’smentalstatedeservesconsideration.Actionssuchashersaremeasuredbyanarbitraryscale.Societypossessesaconventionalstandardwherebyitjudgesallthings.Allmenshouldbegood,allwomenvirtuous.Wherefore,villain,hastthoufailed?

           ForalltheliberalanalysisofSpencerandourmodernnaturalisticphilosophers,wehavebutaninfantileperceptionofmorals.Thereismoreinthesubjectthanmereconformitytoalawofevolution.Itisyetdeeperthanconformitytothingsofearthalone.Itismoreinvolvedthanwe,asyet,perceive.Answer,first,whytheheartthrills;explainwhereforesomeplaintivenotegoeswanderingabouttheworld,undying;makecleartherose’ssubtlealchemyevolvingitsruddylampinlightandrain.Intheessenceofthesefactsliethefirstprinciplesofmorals.

           “Oh,”thoughtDrouet,“howdeliciousismyconquest.”

           “Ah,”thoughtCarrie,withmournfulmisgivings,“whatisitIhavelost?”

           Beforethisworld-oldpropositionwestand,serious,interested,confused;endeavouringtoevolvethetruetheoryofmorals—thetrueanswertowhatisright.

           Intheviewofacertainstratumofsociety,Carriewascomfortablyestablished—intheeyesofthestarveling,beatenbyeverywindandgustysheetofrain,shewassafeinahalcyonharbour.Drouethadtakenthreerooms,furnished,inOgdenPlace,facingUnionPark,ontheWestSide.Thatwasalittle,green-carpetedbreathingspot,thanwhich,to-day,thereisnothingmorebeautifulinChicago.

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