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Chapter XXXV. The Passing Of Effort: The Visage Of Care

           

           Onceduringtheday,whenhesatneartheradiator,hunchedupandreading,shepassedthrough,andseeinghim,wrinkledherbrows.Inthefrontroom,whereitwasnotsowarm,shesatbythewindowandcried.Thiswasthelifecutoutforher,wasit?Tolivecoopedupinasmallflatwithsomeonewhowasoutofwork,idle,andindifferenttoher.Shewasmerelyaservanttohimnow,nothingmore.

           Thiscryingmadehereyesred,andwhen,inpreparinghisbed,shelightedthegas,and,havingpreparedit,calledhimin,henoticedthefact.

           “What’sthematterwithyou?”heasked,lookingintoherface.Hisvoicewashoarseandhisunkemptheadonlyaddedtoitsgrewsomequality.

           “Nothing,”saidCarrie,weakly.

           “You’vebeencrying,”hesaid.

           “Ihaven’t,either,”sheanswered.

           Itwasnotforloveofhim,thatheknew.

           “Youneedn’tcry,”hesaid,gettingintobed.“Thingswillcomeoutallright.”

           Inadayortwohewasupagain,butroughweatherholding,hestayedin.TheItaliannewsdealernowdeliveredthemorningpapers,andthesehereadassiduously.Afewtimesafterthatheventuredout,butmeetinganotherofhisold-timefriends,hebegantofeeluneasysittingabouthotelcorridors.

           Everydayhecamehomeearly,andatlastmadenopretenceofgoinganywhere.Winterwasnotimetolookforanything.

           Naturally,beingaboutthehouse,henoticedthewayCarriedidthings.Shewasfarfromperfectinhouseholdmethodsandeconomy,andherlittledeviationsonthisscorefirstcaughthiseye.Not,however,beforeherregulardemandforherallowancebecameagrievousthing.

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