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Chapter XXXIX. Of Lights And Of Shadows: The Parting Of Worlds

           

           “Bettergetahalforthree-quartersofapoundofthat.”

           “Half’llbeenough,”volunteeredHurstwood.

           Sheopenedherpurseandlaiddownahalfdollar.Hepretendednottonoticeit.

           Hurstwoodboughttheflour—whichallgrocerssoldin3½-poundpackages—forthirteencentsandpaidfifteencentsforahalf-poundofliverandbacon.Heleftthepackages,togetherwiththebalanceoftwenty-twocents,uponthekitchentable,whereCarriefoundit.Itdidnotescapeherthatthechangewasaccurate.Therewassomethingsadinrealisingthat,afterall,allthathewantedofherwassomethingtoeat.Shefeltasifhardthoughtswereunjust.Maybehewouldgetsomethingyet.Hehadnovices.

           Thatveryevening,however,ongoingintothetheatre,oneofthechorusgirlspassedherallnewlyarrayedinaprettymottledtweedsuit,whichtookCarrie’seye.Theyoungwomanworeafinebunchofvioletsandseemedinhighspirits.ShesmiledatCarriegood-naturedlyasshepassed,showingpretty,eventeeth,andCarriesmiledback.

           “Shecanaffordtodresswell,”thoughtCarrie,“andsocouldI,ifIcouldonlykeepmymoney.Ihaven’tadecenttieofanykindtowear.”

           Sheputoutherfootandlookedathershoereflectively.“I’llgetapairofshoesSaturday,anyhow;Idon’tcarewhathappens.”

           OneofthesweetestandmostsympatheticlittlechorusgirlsinthecompanymadefriendswithherbecauseinCarrieshefoundnothingtofrightenheraway.ShewasagaylittleManon,unwittingofsociety’sfierceconceptionofmorality,but,nevertheless,goodtoherneighbourandcharitable.

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