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Chapter XXXII. The Feast Of Belshazzar: A Seer To Translate

           Shelookeddown,andforthefirsttimefeltthepainofnotunderstanding.

           YettherewasnothingsarcasticorsuperciliousinthewayAmesspoke.Hehadverylittleofthatinhim.Carriefeltthatitwasjustkindlythoughtofahighorder—therightthingtothink,andwonderedwhatelsewasright,accordingtohim.Heseemedtonoticethatshelistenedandrathersympathisedwithhim,andfromnowonhetalkedmostlytoher.

           Asthewaiterbowedandscrapedabout,feltthedishestoseeiftheywerehotenough,broughtspoonsandforks,anddidallthoselittleattentivethingscalculatedtoimpresstheluxuryofthesituationuponthediner,AmesalsoleanedslightlytoonesideandtoldherofIndianapolisinanintelligentway.Hereallyhadaverybrightmind,whichwasfindingitschiefdevelopmentinelectricalknowledge.Hissympathiesforotherformsofinformation,however,andfortypesofpeople,werequickandwarm.Theredglowonhisheadgaveitasandytingeandputabrightglintinhiseye.Carrienoticedallthesethingsasheleanedtowardherandfeltexceedinglyyoung.Thismanwasfaraheadofher.HeseemedwiserthanHurstwood,sanerandbrighterthanDrouet.Heseemedinnocentandclean,andshethoughtthathewasexceedinglypleasant.Shenoticed,also,thathisinterestinherwasafar-offone.Shewasnotinhislife,noranyofthethingsthattouchedhislife,andyetnow,ashespokeofthesethings,theyappealedtoher.

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