Soon the berth was ready and a little later the girls retired.
Being together they had thought to have a good "talk-fest," as Bess called it. But alas! both were so tired out that they fell asleep almost before they knew it. And neither woke up until morning, when they were rolling into New York City.
"Gracious; time to get up!" and Nan lost no time in dressing and Bess followed her example.
The first part of their momentous journey had come to an end.
CHAPTER XVI
FUN AND NONSENSE
In her impatience Bess Harley thought she had never known a crowd to move so slowly. Of course all the people on the train were getting out at New York, for the simple reason that the train did not go any farther.
At any other time the girls would have been tremendously pleased about going to New York. But now, with the even more wonderful prospect of Florida looming up, New York appealed to them simply as a means to an end.