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Sidney , passing in the last week or two from girlhood to womanhood , -- outgrowing Joe , had she only known it , as she had outgrown the Street , -- had come that day into her first contact with a man of the world . True , there was K. Le Moyne . But K. was now of the Street , of that small world of one dimension that she was leaving behind her . She sent him a note at noon , with word to Tillie at Mrs. McKee 's to put it under his plate : -- DEAR MR. LE MOYNE , -- I am so excited I can hardly write . Dr. Wilson , the surgeon , is going to take me through the hospital this afternoon . Wish me luck . SIDNEY PAGE .