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Whatever
a
man
like
Hurstwood
could
be
in
Chicago
,
it
is
very
evident
that
he
would
be
but
an
inconspicuous
drop
in
an
ocean
like
New
York
.
In
Chicago
,
whose
population
still
ranged
about
500
,
000
,
millionaires
were
not
numerous
.
The
rich
had
not
become
so
conspicuously
rich
as
to
drown
all
moderate
incomes
in
obscurity
.
The
attention
of
the
inhabitants
was
not
so
distracted
by
local
celebrities
in
the
dramatic
,
artistic
,
social
,
and
religious
fields
as
to
shut
the
well
-
positioned
man
from
view
.
In
Chicago
the
two
roads
to
distinction
were
politics
and
trade
.
In
New
York
the
roads
were
any
one
of
a
half
-
hundred
,
and
each
had
been
diligently
pursued
by
hundreds
,
so
that
celebrities
were
numerous
.
The
sea
was
already
full
of
whales
.
A
common
fish
must
needs
disappear
wholly
from
view
—
remain
unseen
.
In
other
words
,
Hurstwood
was
nothing
.
There
is
a
more
subtle
result
of
such
a
situation
as
this
,
which
,
though
not
always
taken
into
account
,
produces
the
tragedies
of
the
world
.
The
great
create
an
atmosphere
which
reacts
badly
upon
the
small
.
This
atmosphere
is
easily
and
quickly
felt
.
Walk
among
the
magnificent
residences
,
the
splendid
equipages
,
the
gilded
shops
,
restaurants
,
resorts
of
all
kinds
;
scent
the
flowers
,
the
silks
,
the
wines
;
drink
of
the
laughter
springing
from
the
soul
of
luxurious
content
,
of
the
glances
which
gleam
like
light
from
defiant
spears
;
feel
the
quality
of
the
smiles
which
cut
like
glistening
swords
and
of
strides
born
of
place
,
and
you
shall
know
of
what
is
the
atmosphere
of
the
high
and
mighty
.
Little
use
to
argue
that
of
such
is
not
the
kingdom
of
greatness
,
but
so
long
as
the
world
is
attracted
by
this
and
the
human
heart
views
this
as
the
one
desirable
realm
which
it
must
attain
,
so
long
,
to
that
heart
,
will
this
remain
the
realm
of
greatness
.
So
long
,
also
,
will
the
atmosphere
of
this
realm
work
its
desperate
results
in
the
soul
of
man
.
It
is
like
a
chemical
reagent
.
One
day
of
it
,
like
one
drop
of
the
other
,
will
so
affect
and
discolour
the
views
,
the
aims
,
the
desire
of
the
mind
,
that
it
will
thereafter
remain
forever
dyed
.
A
day
of
it
to
the
untried
mind
is
like
opium
to
the
untried
body
.
A
craving
is
set
up
which
,
if
gratified
,
shall
eternally
result
in
dreams
and
death
.
Aye
!
dreams
unfulfilled
—
gnawing
,
luring
,
idle
phantoms
which
beckon
and
lead
,
beckon
and
lead
,
until
death
and
dissolution
dissolve
their
power
and
restore
us
blind
to
nature
’
s
heart
.
A
man
of
Hurstwood
’
s
age
and
temperament
is
not
subject
to
the
illusions
and
burning
desires
of
youth
,
but
neither
has
he
the
strength
of
hope
which
gushes
as
a
fountain
in
the
heart
of
youth
.
Such
an
atmosphere
could
not
incite
in
him
the
cravings
of
a
boy
of
eighteen
,
but
in
so
far
as
they
were
excited
,
the
lack
of
hope
made
them
proportionately
bitter
.
He
could
not
fail
to
notice
the
signs
of
affluence
and
luxury
on
every
hand
.
He
had
been
to
New
York
before
and
knew
the
resources
of
its
folly
.
In
part
it
was
an
awesome
place
to
him
,
for
here
gathered
all
that
he
most
respected
on
this
earth
—
wealth
,
place
,
and
fame
.
The
majority
of
the
celebrities
with
whom
he
had
tipped
glasses
in
his
day
as
manager
hailed
from
this
self
-
centred
and
populous
spot
.
The
most
inviting
stories
of
pleasure
and
luxury
had
been
told
of
places
and
individuals
here
.
He
knew
it
to
be
true
that
unconsciously
he
was
brushing
elbows
with
fortune
the
livelong
day
;
that
a
hundred
or
five
hundred
thousand
gave
no
one
the
privilege
of
living
more
than
comfortably
in
so
wealthy
a
place
.
Fashion
and
pomp
required
more
ample
sums
,
so
that
the
poor
man
was
nowhere
.
All
this
he
realised
,
now
quite
sharply
,
as
he
faced
the
city
,
cut
off
from
his
friends
,
despoiled
of
his
modest
fortune
,
and
even
his
name
,
and
forced
to
begin
the
battle
for
place
and
comfort
all
over
again
.
He
was
not
old
,
but
he
was
not
so
dull
but
that
he
could
feel
he
soon
would
be
.
Of
a
sudden
,
then
,
this
show
of
fine
clothes
,
place
,
and
power
took
on
peculiar
significance
.
It
was
emphasised
by
contrast
with
his
own
distressing
state
.
And
it
was
distressing
.
He
soon
found
that
freedom
from
fear
of
arrest
was
not
the
sine
qua
non
of
his
existence
.
That
danger
dissolved
,
the
next
necessity
became
the
grievous
thing
.
The
paltry
sum
of
thirteen
hundred
and
some
odd
dollars
set
against
the
need
of
rent
,
clothing
,
food
,
and
pleasure
for
years
to
come
was
a
spectacle
little
calculated
to
induce
peace
of
mind
in
one
who
had
been
accustomed
to
spend
five
times
that
sum
in
the
course
of
a
year
.
He
thought
upon
the
subject
rather
actively
the
first
few
days
he
was
in
New
York
,
and
decided
that
he
must
act
quickly
.
As
a
consequence
,
he
consulted
the
business
opportunities
advertised
in
the
morning
papers
and
began
investigations
on
his
own
account
.
That
was
not
before
he
had
become
settled
,
however
.
Carrie
and
he
went
looking
for
a
flat
,
as
arranged
,
and
found
one
in
Seventy
-
eighth
Street
near
Amsterdam
Avenue
.
It
was
a
five
-
story
building
,
and
their
flat
was
on
the
third
floor
.
Owing
to
the
fact
that
the
street
was
not
yet
built
up
solidly
,
it
was
possible
to
see
east
to
the
green
tops
of
the
trees
in
Central
Park
and
west
to
the
broad
waters
of
the
Hudson
,
a
glimpse
of
which
was
to
be
had
out
of
the
west
windows
.
For
the
privilege
of
six
rooms
and
a
bath
,
running
in
a
straight
line
,
they
were
compelled
to
pay
thirty
-
five
dollars
a
month
—
an
average
,
and
yet
exorbitant
,
rent
for
a
home
at
the
time
.
Carrie
noticed
the
difference
between
the
size
of
the
rooms
here
and
in
Chicago
and
mentioned
it
.
“
You
’
ll
not
find
anything
better
,
dear
,
”
said
Hurstwood
,
“
unless
you
go
into
one
of
the
old
-
fashioned
houses
,
and
then
you
won
’
t
have
any
of
these
conveniences
.
”
Carrie
picked
out
the
new
abode
because
of
its
newness
and
bright
wood
-
work
.
It
was
one
of
the
very
new
ones
supplied
with
steam
heat
,
which
was
a
great
advantage
.
The
stationary
range
,
hot
and
cold
water
,
dumb
-
waiter
,
speaking
tubes
,
and
call
-
bell
for
the
janitor
pleased
her
very
much
.
She
had
enough
of
the
instincts
of
a
housewife
to
take
great
satisfaction
in
these
things
.
