10:27
It was a neighborly crowd that waited for the 10:27 . And as it waited Jim Tumley started singing `` Auld Lang Syne . '' He began very softly but soon the melody swelled to a clear sweetness that hushed the laughing chatter and stilled the shuffling feet of the Pullman passengers who crowded the train vestibules or strolled in weary patience along the station platform . Then the 10:27 swung around the curve and the good-bys began . `` So long , dear folks ! I shall write . Do n't you dare cry , Grandma .