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Chapter XXXI. A Pet Of Good Fortune: Broadway Flaunts Its Joys

           Thisusefulelevator,bywhichfuel,groceries,andthelikeweresentupfromthebasement,andgarbageandwastesentdown,wasusedbybothresidentsofonefloor;thatis,asmalldooropenedintoitfromeachflat.

           Iftheoccupantsofbothflatsansweredtothewhistleofthejanitoratthesametime,theywouldstandfacetofacewhentheyopenedthedumb-waiterdoors.Onemorning,whenCarriewenttoremoveherpaper,thenewcomer,ahandsomebrunetteofperhapstwenty-threeyearsofage,wasthereforalikepurpose.Shewasinanight-robeanddressing-gown,withherhairverymuchtousled,butshelookedsoprettyandgood-naturedthatCarrieinstantlyconceivedalikingforher.Thenewcomerdidnomorethansmileshamefacedly,butitwassufficient.Carriefeltthatshewouldliketoknowher,andasimilarfeelingstirredinthemindoftheother,whoadmiredCarrie’sinnocentface.

           “That’sarealprettywomanwhohasmovedinnextdoor,”saidCarrietoHurstwoodatthebreakfasttable.

           “Whoarethey?”askedHurstwood.

           “Idon’tknow,”saidCarrie.“ThenameonthebellisVance.Someoneoverthereplaysbeautifully.Iguessitmustbeshe.”

           “Well,younevercantellwhatsortofpeopleyou’relivingnexttointhistown,canyou?”saidHurstwood,expressingthecustomaryNewYorkopinionaboutneighbours.

           “Justthink,”saidCarrie,“IhavebeeninthishousewithnineotherfamiliesforoverayearandIdon’tknowasoul.ThesepeoplehavebeenhereoveramonthandIhaven’tseenanyonebeforethismorning.”

           “It’sjustaswell,”saidHurstwood.

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