Chapter XLIII. The World Turns Flatterer: An Eye In The Dark

           

           Installedinhercomfortableroom,CarriewonderedhowHurstwoodhadtakenherdeparture.Shearrangedafewthingshastilyandthenleftforthetheatre,halfexpectingtoencounterhimatthedoor.Notfindinghim,herdreadlifted,andshefeltmorekindlytowardhim.Shequiteforgothimuntilabouttocomeout,aftertheshow,whenthechanceofhisbeingtherefrightenedher.Asdayafterdaypassedandsheheardnothingatall,thethoughtofbeingbotheredbyhimpassed.Inalittlewhileshewas,exceptforoccasionalthoughts,whollyfreeofthegloomwithwhichherlifehadbeenweighedintheflat.

           Itiscurioustonotehowquicklyaprofessionabsorbsone.Carriebecamewiseintheatricallore,hearingthegossipoflittleLola.Shelearnedwhatthetheatricalpaperswere,whichonespublisheditemsaboutactressesandthelike.Shebegantoreadthenewspapernotices,notonlyoftheoperainwhichshehadsosmallapart,butofothers.Graduallythedesirefornoticetookholdofher.Shelongedtoberenownedlikeothers,andreadwithavidityallthecomplimentaryorcriticalcommentsmadeconcerningothershighinherprofession.Theshowyworldinwhichherinterestlaycompletelyabsorbedher.

           Itwasaboutthistimethatthenewspapersandmagazineswerebeginningtopaythatillustrativeattentiontothebeautiesofthestagewhichhassincebecomefervid.Thenewspapers,andparticularlytheSundaynewspapers,indulgedinlargedecorativetheatricalpages,inwhichthefacesandformsofwell-knowntheatricalcelebritiesappeared,enclosedwithartisticscrolls.

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