But her weariness of body and mind, and the close atmosphere of the car, rendered her extreme discomfort.

Summer had laid its hot hand on the low country east of the Mississippi.
Carley had wired her aunt and two of her intimate friends to meet her at the Grand Central Station.

This reunion soon to come affected Carley in recurrent emotions of relief, gladness, and shame.

She did not sleep well, and arose early, and when the train reached Albany she felt that she could hardly endure the tedious hours.

The majestic Hudson and the palatial mansions on the wooded bluffs proclaimed to Carley that she was back in the East.