Between you and me, a great gulf is fixed.

And from tonight I face the world, to battle with it, learn from it, and know the truth in every way.

Enough of this false, easy, unnatural life.

I cannot live it any longer; it would crush and stifle me! Enough! I must be free, I shall be free, to know, and dare, and do!" That night, having had no further speech with old Flint, Kate left Idle Hour, taking just a few necessities in a suit-case, and a few dollars for her immediate needs.
Giving no explanation to maid, valet or anyone, she let herself out, walked through the great estate and down Englewood Avenue, to the station, where she caught a train for Jersey City.
The midnight special for Chicago bore her swiftly westward.

No sleeping car she took, but passed the night in a seat of an ordinary coach.