He will not forever balance thus between good and evil.

When this jangle of free-will and instinct shall have been adjusted, when perfect understanding has given the former the power to replace the latter entirely, man will no longer vary.

The nettle of understanding will yet point steadfast and unwavering to the distant pole of truth.
In Carrie-as in how many of our wordings do they not ?-instinct and reason, desire and understanding, were at war for the mastery.

She followed whither her craving led.

She was as yet more drawn than she drew.
When Minnie found the note next morning, after a night of mingled wonder and anxiety, which was not exactly touched by yearning, sorrow, or love, she exclaimed: "Well, what do you think of that ?" "What ?" said Hanson.
"Sister Carrie has gone to live somewhere else." Hanson jumped out of bed with more celerity than he usually displayed and looked at the note.