It was heightened for him by the applause of the audience as the curtain descended and the fact that it was Carrie.

He thought now that she was beautiful.

She had done something which was above his sphere.

He felt a keen delight in realizing that she was his.
"Fine," he said, and then, seized by a sudden impulse, arose and went about to the stage door.
When he came in upon Carrie she was still with Drouet.

His feelings for her were most exuberant.