Charley goes down the steps to the first level. Then he walks down the second level. The suburban trains leave from there. Then he finds himself on the third level. He was convinced that he had reached the third level at Grand Central Station. He found it a different world of gas lights, brass spittoons, derby hats, beards, side bums and fancy moustaches.

Whenever Charley enters the Grand Central Station, he finds new corridors, stair cases and tunnels. He finds the station like a huge tree, which keeps on spreading its roots and branches all over. Once he entered a tunnel and instead of reaching the station, he reached the lobby of a hotel. Similarly, one day he reached an office building, which was three blocks away.

In order to buy two tickets to go to Galesburg, Charley drew three hundred dollars from the bank so that he could arrange old currency. He tried his best to find the corridor that led to the Third Level at Grand Central Station but he never found it. Since, the Third Level is just a medium for escape so Charley is not only lingering but has also entered into the world of fantasy and romance. Hence he would not be able to reach there.

At the Third Level, the rooms were smaller with ticket windows and train gates. The wooden information booth was in the centre having old looks. Open flame gas lights were flickering. People were wearing old styled dresses. A very small Currier and Ives Locomotive with a funnel shaped stack was standing there.

After becoming late in his office, Charley went to Grand Central to reach home early. There he entered in a tunnel that ended in a corridor. The corridor turned left and slanted downward. Charley went on walking and reached a flight of stairs that took him to another level of the station. It was the Third Level even quite different from other two levels.