She put most of her spare money in clothes, which, after all, was not an astonishing amount.

At last the opera she was with announced its departure within four weeks.

"Last two weeks of the Great Comic Opera success---- The--------," etc., was upon all billboards and in the newspapers, before she acted.
"I'm not going out on the road," said Miss Osborne.
Carrie went with her to apply to another manager.
"Ever had any experience ?" was one of his questions.
"I'm with the company at the Casino now." "Oh, you are ?" he said.
The end of this was another engagement at twenty per week.
Carrie was delighted.

She began to feel that she had a place in the world.

People recognized ability.
So changed was her state that the home atmosphere became intolerable.