Chapter XXXVI. A Grim Retrogression: The Phantom Of Chance

           

           TheVances,whohadbeenbackinthecityeversinceChristmas,hadnotforgottenCarrie;butthey,orratherMrs.Vance,hadnevercalledonher,fortheverysimplereasonthatCarriehadneversentheraddress.Truetohernature,shecorrespondedwithMrs.VanceaslongasshestilllivedinSeventy-eighthStreet,butwhenshewascompelledtomoveintoThirteenth,herfearthatthelatterwouldtakeitasanindicationofreducedcircumstancescausedhertostudysomewayofavoidingthenecessityofgivingheraddress.Notfindinganyconvenientmethod,shesorrowfullyresignedtheprivilegeofwritingtoherfriendentirely.Thelatterwonderedatthisstrangesilence,thoughtCarriemusthaveleftthecity,andintheendgaveherupaslost.SoshewasthoroughlysurprisedtoencounterherinFourteenthStreet,whereshehadgoneshopping.Carriewasthereforthesamepurpose.

           “Why,Mrs.Wheeler,”saidMrs.Vance,lookingCarrieoverinaglance,“wherehaveyoubeen?Whyhaven’tyoubeentoseeme?I’vebeenwonderingallthistimewhathadbecomeofyou.Really,I——”

           “I’msogladtoseeyou,”saidCarrie,pleasedandyetnonplussed.Ofalltimes,thiswastheworsttoencounterMrs.Vance.“Why,I’mlivingdowntownhere.I’vebeenintendingtocomeandseeyou.Whereareyoulivingnow?”

           “InFifty-eighthStreet,”saidMrs.Vance,“justoffSeventhAvenue—218.Whydon’tyoucomeandseeme?”

           “Iwill,”saidCarrie.“Really,I’vebeenwantingtocome.IknowIoughtto.It’sashame.Butyouknow——”

           “What’syournumber?”saidMrs.Vance.

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