twenty minutes
after eleven
She was to meet him at Matty 's at midnight , and it was not more than halfpast eleven now . Three hours and a half ! Was that all since at eight o'clock , as nearly as she could place it , he had left her in the lane ? It seemed as many years ; but it was only twenty minutes after eleven , she had noticed , when she had left the subway on her return a few minutes ago . Her hand clenched suddenly . She was to meet him at Matty 's -- and , thereafter , if it took all night , she would not leave him until she had got him alone somewhere and disclosed herself . The man was a coward in soul .