Сестра Керри

Chapter XLIV. And This Is Not Elf Land: What Gold Will Not Buy

           TheywerecommonsportbetweenherandLola,whoreceivedsomealso.Theybothfrequentlymadelightofthem.

           Now,however,theycamethickandfast.Gentlemenwithfortunesdidnothesitatetonote,asanadditiontotheirownamiablecollectionofvirtues,thattheyhadtheirhorsesandcarriages.Thusone:

           “Ihaveamillioninmyownright.Icouldgiveyoueveryluxury.Thereisn’tanythingyoucouldaskforthatyoucouldn’thave.Isaythis,notbecauseIwanttospeakofmymoney,butbecauseIloveyouandwishtogratifyyoureverydesire.Itislovethatpromptsmetowrite.Willyounotgivemeonehalf-hourinwhichtopleadmycause?”

           SuchoftheselettersascamewhileCarriewasstillintheSeventeenthStreetplacewerereadwithmoreinterest—thoughneverdelight—thanthosewhicharrivedaftershewasinstalledinherluxuriousquartersattheWellington.Eventherehervanity—orthatself-appreciationwhich,initsmorerabidform,iscalledvanity—wasnotsufficientlycloyedtomakethesethingswearisome.Adulation,beingnewinanyform,pleasedher.Onlyshewassufficientlywisetodistinguishbetweenheroldconditionandhernewone.Shehadnothadfameormoneybefore.Nowtheyhadcome.Shehadnothadadulationandaffectionatepropositionsbefore.Nowtheyhadcome.Wherefore?Shesmiledtothinkthatmenshouldsuddenlyfindhersomuchmoreattractive.Intheleastwayitincitedhertocoolnessandindifference.

           “Dolookhere,”sheremarkedtoLola.

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