noon
The meal was over and Douglas arose to depart . As I intended to marry Dorothy before leaving Nashville , if she would consent to do so , I was wondering what I should do about not returning to Chicago with Douglas . Accordingly I asked him if I could see him the next morning . He fixed the hour at ten o'clock , saying that a boat left for St. Louis at noon . With plans thus vaguely left , so far as they affected both of us , he departed . Mrs. Clayton said : `` Reverdy has told me so much of Douglas . Now I have seen him , and he is all and more than I was led to believe . ''