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Sister Carrie

Chapter 5 A GLITTERING NIGHT FLOWER--THE USE OF A NAME

Word Count: 2401    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

particular evening he dined at "Rector's," a restaurant of some local fame, which occupied a basement at Clark and Monroe Streets. There--after he visited the resort of Fitzgerald and Moy's i

silverware, and, above all, its reputation as a resort for actors and professional men, seemed to him the proper place for a successful man to go. He loved fine clothes, good eating, and particularly the company and acquaintanceship of successful men. When dining, it was a source of keen satisfaction to him to know that Joseph Jefferson was won

themselves, particularly among those who had not yet reached, but hoped to

y so," would

that? Why, he's manager o

at with solid comfort. If he had any vanity, this augmented it, and if he had any ambition, this stirred

hts, held in handsome chandeliers. The floors were of brightly coloured tiles, the walls a composition of rich, dark, polished wood, which reflected the light, and coloured stucco-work, which gave the place a very sumptuous app

ly under forty, he had a good, stout constitution, an active manner, and a solid, substantial air, which was composed in part of his fine clothes, his clean linen, his jewels, and, above all, his own sense of h

al control. He had risen by perseverance and industry, through long years of service, from the position of barkeeper in a commonplace saloon to his present altitude. He had a little office in the place, set off in polished cherry and grill-work, where

knew by name, and could greet personally with a "Well, old fellow," hundreds of actors, merchants, politicians, and the general run of successful characters about town, and it was part of his success to do so. He had a finely graduated scale of informality and friendship, which improved from

ons. There were, in the last place, a few good followers, neither rich nor poor, famous, nor yet remarkably successful, with whom he was friendly on the score of good-fellowship. These were the kind of men with whom he would converse longest and most seriously. He loved to go out and have a good time once in a while--to go to the rac

now and then with him, in company with several others, when the conversation was general. Drouet had what was a help in his business, a moderate sense of humour, and could tell a good story when the occasion required. He could talk races with Hurstwood, tell interesting incidents concerning himself and his experiences with w

d, as Drouet came in that evening about eight

ng good nature, and they

all r

u in six weeks. Wh

Drouet. "Had

he cold make-believe that usually dwelt in them. "What are you going to take?" he add

er," said

same for me," p

n town this time?"

esday. I'm going

Saturday and said he saw y

uet. "Great old boy, isn't he? We

he draught as they talked, Drouet filling his to within a third of full, as was considered

rked Hurstwood. "I haven't seen

xclaimed Drouet. "Say,

ey in his time, th

. "He won't live much longer. Bare

hasn't he?" a

ift-pacer," la

iness very much, though, with

injure that

ts, the light on his jewels and rings relieving them with agre

on of the scene upon intellectual grounds. It seems plain that schemers would choose more sequestered quarters to arrange their plans, that politicians would not gather here in company to discuss anything save formalities, where the sharp-eared may hear, and it would scarcely be justified on the score of thirst, for the majority of

evil could come out of the contemplation of an expensively decorated chamber. The worst effect of such a thing would be, perhaps, to stir up in the material-minded an ambition to arrange their lives upon a similarly splendid basis. In the last analysis, that would scarcely be called the fault of the decorations, but rather of the innate trend of the mind. That such a scene might stir the less expensively dressed

it represents--the love of light and show and finery which, to one outside, under the serene light of the eternal stars, must seem a strange and shiny thing. Under the

a gentleman just entering, arrayed in a high hat and Prince A

re?" sai

ng the direction by a cast of his

t, now affecting not

Wallace, the s

im with his eyes,

a man who sees spirits

. "He's got the money, all right," and

those things, do y

something to it. I wouldn't bother about it myself, though

said Drouet, mentioning th

It's half after eight alread

tres, some to their clubs, and some to that most fascinating of all the

ill," sai

. I have something I want t

aid Droue

hand for the night, hav

a thi

ome roun

y," remarked Drouet, by way of parting. "By George, t

d her," Hurstw

you," went on Drouet confidentially

lock," said

," said Droue

es, and that also when the little toiler was bemoaning her narrow lot, whi

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