To her he seemed to be thinking about strange things.

As he studied the crowd his eye was mild.
"Look at that woman's dress over there," he said, again turning to Carrie, and nodding in a direction.
"Where ?" said Carrie, following his eyes.
"Over there in the corner--way over.

Do you see that brooch ?" "Isn't it large ?" said Carrie.
"One of the largest clusters of jewels I have ever seen," said Ames.
"It is, isn't it ?" said Carrie.

She felt as if she would like to be agreeable to this young man, and also there came with it, or perhaps preceded it, the slightest shade of a feeling that he was better educated than she was--that his mind was better.

He seemed to look it, and the saving grace in Carrie was that she could understand that people could be wiser.