eleven o'clock
The junior had no such misgivings -- none of any kind . He had a game of polo that afternoon at three , and was chiefly concerned lest the day 's work might intervene . The signing of similar papers had once kept him at the office until five . At eleven o'clock a messenger with a bank-book fastened to his waist by a steel chain , brought a message . `` The treasurer of the Seaboard , with the company 's attorney , would be at Mr. Eggleston 's office , '' the message read , `` in half an hour , to sign the papers . Would he be sure to have Mr. Philip Colton present . '' -LRB- The special 's social and financial position earned him this courtesy ; most of the other magnates had to go to the trust company to culminate such transactions . -RRB-