HIS CREDENTIALS ACCEPTED--A BABEL OF TONGUES It was not quite two days after the scene between Carrie and Hurstwood in the Ogden Place parlor 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.

It was a flowering out of feelings which had been withering in dry and almost barren soil for many years.