Pleasure Reading №3

Chapters 17-24

Mr. Hurstwood gathered an elite audience to the performance to help Carrie to become successful but she was so nervous and the first act did not express her talent. She told her speech without necessary feelings but with a monotonous voice. Mr. Drouet came to Caroline during the intermission and tried to cheer her up and the woman did her best and impressed the audience greatly. Mr. Drouet and Mr. Hurstwood recognized that they wanted Carrie to be only their woman; however, the latter had no enough rights to stay alone with her. That day Carrie was successful and very happy and even Drouet’s company did not interfere with her.

Mr. Hurstwood was absolutely sure that he wanted to be with Caroline despite everything. He was not interested in his wife and did not want to communicate with her at all. However, having known about her husband’s lover, Mrs. Hurstwood decided to explain him that she needed only money from him. The man invited Carrie to go for a walk and asked her to leave Drouet again, the woman who did not know that Hurstwood was married, agreed only if he made her his wife. Meanwhile a gossip maid told Drouet interesting information from which he understood that his Carrie deceived him and dated his friend.

That evening their conversation was to understand what was happening between Carrie and Mr. Hurstwood. Mr. Drouet thought that it was not fair how Carrie behaved with him because he had helped her in a difficult situation. Firstly, Carrie denied but when the man informed her about Mr. Hurstwood’s wife, she could not deal with her feelings: she loved Hurstwood, respected him and trusted but he had lain her all this time. Drouet left her and Carrie again stayed alone.