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Chapter VI. The Machine And The Maiden: A Knight Of To-day

           

           Carriereadilyacquiesced,gladtoescapethetryingsituation,andliberalnowthatshesawawayout.Shewaselatedandbeganfiguringatonce.Sheneededahatfirstofall.HowMinnieexplainedtoHansonsheneverknew.Hesaidnothingatall,buttherewerethoughtsintheairwhichleftdisagreeableimpressions.

           Thenewarrangementmighthaveworkedifsicknesshadnotintervened.ItblewupcoldafterarainoneafternoonwhenCarriewasstillwithoutajacket.Shecameoutofthewarmshopatsixandshiveredasthewindstruckher.Inthemorningshewassneezing,andgoingdowntownmadeitworse.Thatdayherbonesachedandshefeltlight-headed.Towardseveningshefeltveryill,andwhenshereachedhomewasnothungry.Minnienoticedherdroopingactionsandaskedheraboutherself.

           “Idon’tknow,”saidCarrie.“Ifeelrealbad.”

           Shehungaboutthestove,sufferedachatteringchill,andwenttobedsick.Thenextmorningshewasthoroughlyfeverish.

           Minniewastrulydistressedatthis,butmaintainedakindlydemeanour.Hansonsaidperhapsshehadbettergobackhomeforawhile.Whenshegotupafterthreedays,itwastakenforgrantedthatherpositionwaslost.Thewinterwasnearathand,shehadnoclothes,andnowshewasoutofwork.

           “Idon’tknow,”saidCarrie;“I’llgodownMondayandseeifIcan’tgetsomething.”

           Ifanything,hereffortsweremorepoorlyrewardedonthistrialthanthelast.Herclotheswerenothingsuitableforfallwearing.Herlastmoneyshehadspentforahat.Forthreedaysshewanderedabout,utterlydispirited.

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