eleven o'clock
She was troubled of soul . `` Of course , '' she pleaded presently , `` you 'll play the game with dad as fairly as he plays it with you . '' `` I shall play the game with him as fairly as he plays it with this land to which he owes allegiance , '' he corrected her sternly . It was eleven o'clock when the car rolled down the main street of El Toro . From the sidewalk , sundry citizens , of diverse shades of color and conditions of servitude , observing Minuet Farrel , halted abruptly and stared as if seeing a ghost . Don Mike wanted to shout to them glad words of greeting , of affectionate badinage , after the fashion of that easy-going and democratic community , but he feared to make the girl at his side conspicuous ; so he contented himself by uncovering gravely to the women and waving debonairly to the men . This constituting ocular evidence that he was not a ghost or a man who bore a striking physical resemblance to one they mourned as dead , the men so saluted returned his greeting .