"I notice this fellow Ross is very much talked about." He was looking at Carrie as he spoke.
"I hadn't heard of him," said Carrie, honestly.
"Oh, I have," said Mrs.Vance.

"He's written lots of things.

This last story is pretty good." "He doesn't amount to much," said Ames.
Carrie turned her eyes toward him as to an oracle.
"His stuff is nearly as bad as 'Dora Thorne,'" concluded Ames.
Carrie felt this as a personal reproof.

She read "Dora Thorne," or had a great deal in the past.

It seemed only fair to her, but she supposed that people thought it very fine.