The document presents a story about a 31-year-old man named Charlie who hallucinates a third level of Grand Central Station, which does not exist. In his experience, he travels back in time to 1894 and desires to escape the harsh realities of his life through this imagined journey. After discussing his experience with his psychiatrist friend, Sam, who also believes in the third level, Charlie finds a letter from Sam encouraging him to continue searching for it.

1. The Third Level
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2. Introduction
This is a story of a 31-year-old
man named Charlie and his
psychological condition in which
he hallucinates and visits a third
level of the Grand Central
Station which has only two
levels.

3. The story is about a thirty-one-year-old man named Charlie
who had a weird experience. While returning to his
residence he reaches the third level of the Grand Central
station, which does not exist. He reminisces the entire
experience with his friend Sam, who is a psychiatrist and
terms this experience as “a waking dream wish fulfilment.”
Charlie had hallucinated time travel to somewhere in 1894,
a time before the world saw the two deadly World Wars.
After he had realized that he had time travelled he wanted
to buy two tickets to Galesburg, Illinois. He wanted to travel
to Galesburg with his wife Louisa. According to Sam, his
psychiatrist friend, he wanted to escape the reality of the
harsh world.
The next day Charlie reached the station to look for that
third level to visit Galesburg, but he didn't find it. Charlie
hence resorts to his stamp collection which would distract
him from his thoughts of the third level. While going
through his stamp collections he finds a letter from Sam
who had gone missing recently. He wrote that he always
believed in Charlie’s idea of the third level. He says he
himself is present in the third level. He motivated Charlie
and Louisa to keep looking for the third level.

4. Discussion of
Background Information
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5. Setting of the
Story
• Grand Central Station
• Official Opened on
February 1913
• Over 100 years
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6. One of the main
arched corridors
in Grand Central
Station

7. Outside view
of the
terminal

8. This clock above the
Grand Central Terminal
location in the
information booth still
ticks of the time even
after 100 years after it
was built

9. • This is a view of the
balcony in Grand Central
Station taken between
1913 and 1930.
• It is said that this is
where the Apple Store is
located today

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