Thus the first winter passed.
In the second year, the business which Hurstwood managed did increase somewhat.

He got out of it regularly the $150 per month which he had anticipated.

Unfortunately, by this time Carrie had reached certain conclusions, and he had scraped up a few acquaintances.
Being of a passive and receptive rather than an active and aggressive nature, Carrie accepted the situation.

Her state seemed satisfactory enough.

Once in a while they would go to a theatre together, occasionally in season to the beaches and different points about the city, but they picked up no acquaintances.