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1、嘉莉妹妹(SisterCarrie)第三十六章TheVances,whohadbeenbackinthecityeversinceChristmas,hadnotforgottenCarrie;butthey,orratherMrs.Vance,hadnevercalledonher,fortheverysimplereasonthatCarriehadneversentheraddress.Truetohernature,shecorrespondedwithMrs.Vanceaslongass
2、hestilllivedinSeventy-eighthStreet,butwhenshewascompelledtomoveintoThirteenth,herfearthatthelatterwouldtakeitasanindicationofreducedcircumstancescausedhertostudysomewayofavoidingthenecessityofgivingheraddress.Notfindinganyconvenientmethod,shesorrowful
3、lyresignedtheprivilegeofwritingtoherfriendentirely.Thelatterwonderedatthisstrangesilence,thoughtCarriemusthaveleftthecity,andintheendgaveherupaslost.SoshewasthoroughlysurprisedtoencounterherinFourteenthStreet,whereshehadgoneshopping.Carriewastherefort
4、hesamepurpose.Why,Mrs.Wheeler,saidMrs.Vance,lookingCarrieoverinaglance,wherehaveyoubeen?Whyhaven’tyoubeentoseeme?I’vebeenwonderingallthistimewhathadbecomeofyou.Really,I-I’msogladtoseeyou,saidCarrie,pleasedandyetnonplussed.Ofalltimes,thiswastheworsttoe
5、ncounterMrs.Vance.Why,I’mlivingdowntownhere.I’vebeenintendingtocomeandseeyou.Whereareyoulivingnow?InFifty-eighthStreet,saidMrs.Vance,justoffSeventhAvenue--218.Whydon’tyoucomeandseeme?Iwill,saidCarrie.Really,I’vebeenwantingtocome.IknowIoughtto.It’sasha
6、me.Butyouknow-What’syournumber?saidMrs.Vance.ThirteenthStreet,saidCarrie,reluctantly.112West.Oh,saidMrs.Vance,that’srightnearhere,isn’tit?Yes,saidCarrie.Youmustcomedownandseemesometime.Well,you’reafineone,saidMrs.Vance,laughing,thewhilenotingthatCarri
7、e’sappearancehadmodifiedsomewhat.Theaddress,too,sheaddedtoherself.Theymustbehardup.StillshelikedCarriewellenoughtotakeherintow.Comewithmeinhereaminute,sheexclaimed,turningintoastore.WhenCarriereturnedhome,therewasHurstwood,readingasusual.Heseemedtotak
8、ehisconditionwiththeutmostnonchalance.Hisbeardwasatleastfourdaysold.Oh,thoughtCarrie,ifsheweretocomehereandseehim?Sheshookherheadinabsolutemisery.Itlookedasifhersituationwasbecomingunbearable.Driventodesperation,sheaskedatdinner:Didyoueverhear