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Chapter XI. The Persuasion Of Fashion: Feeling Guards O’er Its Own

           

           NotlongaftershearrivedMrs.Haleestablishedsocialrelationswithher,andtogethertheywentabout.Foralongtimethiswasheronlycompanionship,andthegossipofthemanager’swifeformedthemediumthroughwhichshesawtheworld.Suchtrivialities,suchpraisesofwealth,suchconventionalexpressionofmoralsassiftedthroughthispassivecreature’smind,felluponCarrieandforthewhileconfusedher.

           Ontheotherhand,herownfeelingswereacorrectiveinfluence.Theconstantdragtosomethingbetterwasnottobedenied.Bythosethingswhichaddresstheheartwasshesteadilyrecalled.Intheapartmentsacrossthehallwereayounggirlandhermother.TheywerefromEvansville,Indiana,thewifeanddaughterofarailroadtreasurer.Thedaughterwasheretostudymusic,themothertokeephercompany.

           Carriedidnotmaketheiracquaintance,butshesawthedaughtercominginandgoingout.Afewtimesshehadseenheratthepianointheparlour,andnotinfrequentlyhadheardherplay.Thisyoungwomanwasparticularlydressyforherstation,andworeajewelledringortwowhichflasheduponherwhitefingersassheplayed.

           NowCarriewasaffectedbymusic.Hernervouscompositionrespondedtocertainstrains,muchascertainstringsofaharpvibratewhenacorrespondingkeyofapianoisstruck.Shewasdelicatelymouldedinsentiment,andansweredwithvagueruminationstocertainwistfulchords.Theyawokelongingsforthosethingswhichshedidnothave.Theycausedhertoclingclosertothingsshepossessed.Oneshortsongtheyoungladyplayedinamostsoulfulandtendermood.

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