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第0章 实力暴增

　　She reached in her purse and took out one of the bills. The womanasked if she would wear the coat and went off. In a few minutesshe was back and the purchase was closed.

　　"Just think," said Carrie, "I have been in this house with nineother families for over a year and I don't know a soul. Thesepeople have been here over a month and I haven't seen any onebefore this morning."

　　"Are you a born New Yorker?" asked Ames of Carrie.

the grave side. Slowly at first, then witha modest momentum, and at last the graveward process is in thefull swing. So it is frequently with man's fortune. If itsprocess of accretion is never halted, if the balancing stage isnever reached, there will be no toppling. Rich men are,frequently, in these days, saved from this dissolution of theirfortune by their ability to hire younger brains. These youngerbrains look upon the interests of the fortune as their own, andso steady and direct its progress. If each individual were leftabsolutely to the care of his own interests, and were given timeenough in which to grow exceedingly old, his fortune would passas his strength and will. He and his would be utterly dissolvedand scattered unto the four winds of the heavens.

　　"What about it?" his mind asked, and for answer he put his handslowly up and scratched his head.

　　"You have, eh?" she answered. "You've deceived me--that's whatyou've done. You've brought your old friends out here underfalse pretences. You've made me out to be--Oh," and with thisher voice broke and she pressed her two little hands togethertragically.

　　"All right," said Hurstwood.

　　"Have you done anything about your dress?"

　　"Why, my lodge entertainment. They're going to give a play, andthey wanted me to get them some young lady to take a part."