"It's about as strange to me as when I first came here." "You're not from the West, are you ?" "Yes.

I'm from Wisconsin," she answered.
"Well, it does seem as if most people in this town haven't been here so very long.

I hear of lots of Indiana people in my line who are here." "What is your line ?" asked Carrie.
"I'm connected with an electrical company," said the youth.
Carrie followed up this desultory conversation with occasional interruptions from the Vances.

Several times it became general and partially humorous, and in that manner the restaurant was reached.
Carrie had noticed the appearance of gayety and pleasure-seeking in the streets which they were following.

Coaches were numerous, pedestrians many, and in Fifty-ninth Street the street cars were crowded.