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"I haven’t an earthly thing with me," said Carrie; "not even a handkerchief." "You can buy all you want as soon as you get there, dearest," he explained. "You can call in a dressmaker." Now the crier called the train ready and they got on. Hurstwood breathed a sigh of relief as it started. There was a short run to the river, and there they were ferried over. They had barely pulled the train off the ferry-boat when he settled back with a sigh. "It won’t be so very long now," he said, remembering her in his relief. "We get there the first thing in the morning." Carrie scarcely deigned to reply. "I’ll see if there is a dining-car," he added. "I’m hungry." |