I've got a lot of friends in that line." She made no answer to this.
"Don't go and try to knock around now without any money.

Let me help you," he said.

"It's no easy thing to go on your own hook here." Carrie only rocked back and forth in her chair.
"I don't want you to go up against a hard game that way." He bestirred himself about some other details and Carrie rocked on.
"Why don't you tell me all about this thing," he said, after a time, "and let's call it off?
You don't really care for Hurstwood, do you ?" "Why do you want to start on that again ?" said Carrie.

"You were to blame." "No, I wasn't," he answered.
"Yes, you were, too," said Carrie.

"You shouldn't have ever told me such a story as that." "But you didn't have much to do with him, did you ?" went on Drouet, anxious for his own peace of mind to get some direct denial from her.
"I won't talk about it," said Carrie, pained at the quizzical turn the peace arrangement had taken.
"What's the use of acting like that now, Cad ?" insisted the drummer, stopping in his work and putting up a hand expressively.