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Sister Carrie

CHAPTER XIII
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If, unfortunately, the fly has got caught in the net, the spider can come forth and talk business upon its own terms.

So when maidenhood has wandered into the moil of the city, when it is brought within the circle of the "rounder" and the roue, even though it be at the outermost rim, they can come forth and use their alluring arts.
Hurstwood had gone, at Drouet's invitation, to meet a new baggage of fine clothes and pretty features.

He entered, expecting to indulge in an evening of lightsome frolic, and then lose track of the newcomer forever.

Instead he found a woman whose youth and beauty attracted him.
In the mild light of Carrie's eye was nothing of the calculation of the mistress.

In the diffident manner was nothing of the art of the courtesan.


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