She went slowly down the stairs.

She looked back up the lighted step, and then affected to stroll up the street.

When she reached the corner she quickened her pace.
As she was hurrying away, Hanson came back to his wife.
"Is Carrie down at the door again ?" he asked.
"Yes," said Minnie; "she said she wasn't going to do it any more." He went over to the baby where it was playing on the floor and began to poke his finger at it.
Drouet was on the corner waiting, in good spirits.
"Hello, Carrie," he said, as a sprightly figure of a girl drew near him.
"Got here safe, did you?
Well, we'll take a car.".