She also saw that she was not well dressed--not nearly as well dressed--as Mrs.Vance.

These were not vague ideas any longer.

Her situation was cleared up for her.
She felt that her life was becoming stale, and therein she felt cause for gloom.

The old helpful, urging melancholy was restored.

The desirous Carrie was whispered to concerning her possibilities.
There were no immediate results to this awakening, for Carrie had little power of initiative; but, nevertheless, she seemed ever capable of getting herself into the tide of change where she would be easily borne along.