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Carrie left him, feeling as though a great arm had slipped outbefore her to draw off trouble. The money she had accepted wastwo soft, green, handsome ten-dollar bills.
"Could you get me a part if I paid?"
By the time the 16th had arrived Hurstwood's friends had ralliedlike Romans to a senator's call. A well-dressed, good-natured,flatteringly-inclined audience was assured from the moment hethought of assisting Carrie.
"Gold, ain't it?"
Hurstwood hesitated.
"Hold on," said the director, rushing forward, his arm extended."Put more feeling into what you are saying."
"He doesn't amount to much," said Ames.
He was an exceedingly genial soul, this young man, and whollyfree of affectation. It seemed to Carrie he was as yet onlyovercoming the last traces of the bashfulness of youth. He didnot seem apt at conversation, but he had the merit of being welldressed and wholly courageous. Carrie felt as if it were notgoing to be hard to talk to him.
It was after the business meeting and things were going sociallywith a hum. Drouet was bobbing around chatting and joking with ascore of individuals whom he knew.
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