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HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED--A BABEL OF TONGUES.
It was not quite two days after the scene between Carrie and Hurstwood in the Ogden Place parlour before he again put in his appearance.

He had been thinking almost uninterruptedly of her.

Her leniency had, in a way, inflamed his regard.

He felt that he must succeed with her, and that speedily.
The reason for his interest, not to say fascination, was deeper than mere desire.