![]() In the lengthy conversation which ensues, Drouet flatters Carrie and finally obtains her Chicago address, making a tentative date to meet her again the following week.Īs the train approaches the great city, Carrie sees the many telegraph poles set out in the still undeveloped prairie and solitary houses, "lone outposts of the approaching army of homes." Carrie is nearly transfixed by the sight of the city as they enter. Soon, however, she becomes fascinated with Drouet's elegant appearance. Because of the seeming shabbiness of her dress and her worn shoes, Carrie feels reticent and socially inferior to Drouet in his dashing attire. Although her maidenly reserve and sense of propriety forestall immediate familiarity with Drouet, she is gradually won over by the drummer's slangy charm. It is certain that without someone to guide and counsel her she will fall prey to the cosmopolitan morality.Īboard the train her prettiness and naiveté attract the attention of a bold and dapper traveling salesman named Charles Drouet. Carrie is ignorant of the traps and disasters that lie in wait for her in the big city. As the train rushes out of town, all the bonds which tie her to childhood are irrevocably broken. Carrying all her worldly belongings, an imitation alligator satchel, a yellow purse, and four dollars in cash, she looks forward to Chicago with mixed timidity and hope, ignorance and youthful expectancy. ![]() Caroline Meeber, an eighteen-year-old innocent, boards the train for her first trip to Chicago from her small home town in Wisconsin. ![]()
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