CHAPTER XXXII.
THE FEAST OF BELSHAZZAR--A SEER TO TRANSLATE Such feelings as were generated in Carrie by this walk put her in an exceedingly receptive mood for the pathos which followed in the play.
The actor whom they had gone to see had achieved his popularity by presenting a mellow type of comedy, in which sufficient sorrow was introduced to lend contrast and relief to humor.

For Carrie, as we well know, the stage had a great attraction.

She had never forgotten her one histrionic achievement in Chicago.

It dwelt in her mind and occupied her consciousness during many long afternoons in which her rocking chair and her latest novel contributed the only pleasures of her state.

Never could she witness a play without having her own ability vividly brought to consciousness.