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Chapter XXX. The Kingdom Of Greatness: The Pilgrim Adream

           Asaconsequence,heconsultedthebusinessopportunitiesadvertisedinthemorningpapersandbeganinvestigationsonhisownaccount.

           Thatwasnotbeforehehadbecomesettled,however.Carrieandhewentlookingforaflat,asarranged,andfoundoneinSeventy-eighthStreetnearAmsterdamAvenue.Itwasafive-storybuilding,andtheirflatwasonthethirdfloor.Owingtothefactthatthestreetwasnotyetbuiltupsolidly,itwaspossibletoseeeasttothegreentopsofthetreesinCentralParkandwesttothebroadwatersoftheHudson,aglimpseofwhichwastobehadoutofthewestwindows.Fortheprivilegeofsixroomsandabath,runninginastraightline,theywerecompelledtopaythirty-fivedollarsamonth—anaverage,andyetexorbitant,rentforahomeatthetime.CarrienoticedthedifferencebetweenthesizeoftheroomshereandinChicagoandmentionedit.

           “You’llnotfindanythingbetter,dear,”saidHurstwood,“unlessyougointooneoftheold-fashionedhouses,andthenyouwon’thaveanyoftheseconveniences.”

           Carriepickedoutthenewabodebecauseofitsnewnessandbrightwood-work.Itwasoneoftheverynewonessuppliedwithsteamheat,whichwasagreatadvantage.Thestationaryrange,hotandcoldwater,dumb-waiter,speakingtubes,andcall-bellforthejanitorpleasedherverymuch.Shehadenoughoftheinstinctsofahousewifetotakegreatsatisfactioninthesethings.

           Hurstwoodmadearrangementswithoneoftheinstalmenthouseswherebytheyfurnishedtheflatcompleteandacceptedfiftydollarsdownandtendollarsamonth.

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