The Third Level -Summary
THE THIRD LEVEL BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE STORY This story moves at two different levels in space and time. It moves simultaneously between the modern times and the period of 1890-something. The main character in the story is Charley who is thirty-one years old. He lives around New York Central and often travels to his work through the subway of Grand Central Station. He knows of only two levels there from where the trains leave for different destinations. All the timetables and railway officials also mention these two levels only. But one day, Charley discovers a third level which is quite different from the first two levels. Here, the people are dressed in the old style of 1890's. Here, the tickets have to be bought using the currency of that very period. The locomotives are also of the old style. From here, one can travel to anywhere in the United States. Charley wants to book two tickets for Galesburg (one for his wife). But he has with him bills of modern currency which the bo...