There were lights in the stores and on the corners, yet she seemed impressed by a dark, cold, windy bigness.

Many people, mostly men, were passing up and down, and there were motor cars everywhere.

No one paid any attention to her.

Gaining the corner of the block, she turned, and was relieved to see the hotel sign.

As she entered the lobby a clicking of pool balls and the discordant rasp of a phonograph assailed her ears.