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Chapter XXIX. The Solace Of Travel: The Boats Of The Sea

           Hurstwoodreadhisdoom.Hedecidedtopay$9,500totheagentwhomtheysaidtheywouldsend,keeping$1,300forhisownuse.Hetelegraphedhisacquiescence,explainedtotherepresentativewhocalledatthehotelthesameday,tookacertificateofpayment,andtoldCarrietopackhertrunk.Hewasslightlydepressedoverthisnewestmoveatthetimehebegantomakeit,buteventuallyrestoredhimself.Hefearedthatevenyethemightbeseizedandtakenback,sohetriedtoconcealhismovements,butitwasscarcelypossible.HeorderedCarrie’strunksenttothedepot,wherehehaditsentbyexpresstoNewYork.Nooneseemedtobeobservinghim,butheleftatnight.HewasgreatlyagitatedlestatthefirststationacrosstheborderoratthedepotinNewYorkthereshouldbewaitingforhimanofficerofthelaw.

           Carrie,ignorantofhistheftandhisfears,enjoyedtheentryintothelattercityinthemorning.Theroundgreenhillssentinellingthebroad,expansivebosomoftheHudsonheldherattentionbytheirbeautyasthetrainfollowedthelineofthestream.ShehadheardoftheHudsonRiver,thegreatcityofNewYork,andnowshelookedout,fillinghermindwiththewonderofit.

           AsthetrainturnedeastatSpuytenDuyvilandfollowedtheeastbankoftheHarlemRiver,Hurstwoodnervouslycalledherattentiontothefactthattheywereontheedgeofthecity.AfterherexperiencewithChicago,sheexpectedlonglinesofcars—agreathighwayoftracks—andnotedthedifference.ThesightofafewboatsintheHarlemandmoreintheEastRivertickledheryoungheart.

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