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Chapter XLV. Curious Shifts Of The Poor

           

           Beginningwithhalf-pastsix,hehoveredlikeashadowabouttheThirty-ninthStreetentrance,pretendingalwaystobeahurryingpedestrianandyetfearfullestheshouldmisshisobject.Hewasslightlynervous,too,nowthattheeventfulhourhadarrived;butbeingweakandhungry,hisabilitytosufferwasmodified.Atlasthesawthattheactorswerebeginningtoarrive,andhisnervoustensionincreased,untilitseemedasifhecouldnotstandmuchmore.

           OncehethoughthesawCarriecomingandmovedforward,onlytoseethathewasmistaken.

           “Shecan’tbelong,now,”hesaidtohimself,halffearingtoencounterherandequallydepressedatthethoughtthatshemighthavegoneinbyanotherway.Hisstomachwassoemptythatitached.

           Individualafterindividualpassedhim,nearlyallwelldressed,almostallindifferent.Hesawcoachesrollingby,gentlemenpassingwithladies—theevening’smerrimentwasbeginninginthisregionoftheatresandhotels.

           Suddenlyacoachrolledupandthedriverjumpeddowntoopenthedoor.BeforeHurstwoodcouldact,twoladiesflouncedacrossthebroadwalkanddisappearedinthestagedoor.HethoughthesawCarrie,butitwassounexpected,soelegantandfaraway,hecouldhardlytell.Hewaitedawhilelonger,growingfeverishwithwant,andthenseeingthatthestagedoornolongeropened,andthatamerryaudiencewasarriving,heconcludeditmusthavebeenCarrieandturnedaway.

           “Lord,”hesaid,hasteningoutofthestreetintowhichthemorefortunatewerepouring,“I’vegottogetsomething.

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