eight o'clock in the evening
And if you would believe her racket , she had to hold the h ` ar on her head to keep it from being streamed off in the flight . And she was no sooner set down comfortable in the cars at Baltimore than she had to get up and get outen them at New York . And you better had believe it , chillun , that 's all . '' Old Aunt Katie must have slept all the way through that night 's journey ; for it is certain that the cars in which she traveled left Baltimore at eight o'clock in the evening and arrived at New York at six o'clock the next morning . After their dusty , smoky , cindery ride of ten hours our party had barely time to find their hotel , cleanse and refresh themselves with warm baths and changes of raiment and get their breakfasts comfortably , before the hour of embarkation arrived . For they were required to be on board their steamer at ten o'clock , as she was announced to sail at twelve , meridian . At ten , therefore , the carriages that had been ordered for the purpose of conveying them to the pier were announced .