The whole situation depressed her.

It was all so clear when she was with Drouet.

Now it was all so tangled, so hopeless--much worse than it was before, because she had the semblance of aid in her hand which she could not use.
Her spirits sank so that at supper Minnie felt that she must have had another hard day.

Carrie finally decided that she would give the money back.

It was wrong to take it.