He's so strong." Mr.and Mrs.Vance kept up a running fire of interruptions, and these impressive things by Ames came at odd moments.

They were sufficient, however, for the atmosphere that went with this youth impressed itself upon Carrie without words.

There was something in him, or the world he moved in, which appealed to her.

He reminded her of scenes she had seen on the stage--the sorrows and sacrifices that always went with she knew not what.

He had taken away some of the bitterness of the contrast between this life and her life, and all by a certain calm indifference which concerned only him.
As they went out, he took her arm and helped her into the coach, and then they were off again, and so to the show.
During the acts Carrie found herself listening to him very attentively.
He mentioned things in the play which she most approved of--things which swayed her deeply.
"Don't you think it rather fine to be an actor ?" she asked once.
"Yes, I do," he said, "to be a good one.