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The gloomy Hurstwood, sitting in his cheap hotel, where he had taken refuge with seventy dollars -- the price of his furniture -- between him and nothing, saw a hot summer out and a cool fall in, reading. He was not wholly indifferent to the fact that his money was slipping away. As fifty cents after fifty cents were paid out for a day's lodging1 he became uneasy, and finally took a cheaper room -- thirty-five cents a day -- to make his money last longer. Frequently he saw notices of Carrie. Her picture was in the "World" once or twice, and an old "Herald2" he found in a chair informed him that she had recently appeared with some others at a benefit for something or other. He read these things with mingled3 feelings. Each one seemed to put her farther and farther away into a realm which became more imposing4 as it receded5 from him. On the bill-boards, too, he saw a pretty poster, showing her as the Quaker Maid, demure6 and dainty. More than once he stopped and looked at these, gazing at the pretty face in a sullen7 sort of way. His clothes were shabby, and he presented a marked contrast to all that she now seemed to be.
Somehow, so long as he knew she was at the Casino, though he had never any intention of going near her, there was a subconscious8 comfort for him -- he was not quite alone. The show seemed such a fixture9 that, after a month or two, he began to take it for granted that it was still running. In September it went on the road and he did not notice it. When all but twenty dollars of his money was gone, he moved to a fifteen-cent lodging-house in the Bowery, where there was a bare lounging-room filled with tables and benches as well as some chairs. Here his preference was to close his eyes and dream of other days, a habit which grew upon him. It was not sleep at first, but a mental hearkening back to scenes and incidents in his Chicago life. As the present became darker, the past grew brighter, and all that concerned it stood in relief.

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semblance
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stolid
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depressed
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irritation
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leisurely
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conceal
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murmur
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hitching
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搭乘; (免费)搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 ); 搭便车; 攀上; 跃上 | |
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conversed
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converse
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peevish
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warped
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frayed
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