Wednesday noon
He had to have that money ; he could n't go without it ; he had set it aside to deck with fitting ceremonial the conquering bridal tour . He stopped at a telegraph office and wrote her a note telling her to meet him that afternoon at three in the old place opposite the Greek Church . This he sent by messenger and then he pondered a rearrangement of his plans . He would only have to shift their departure on a few hours -- say till Wednesday noon . He had heard at the railway office there was a slow local for Reno at midday . They could take this , and though it was a day train there would be little chance of their being noticed , as the denizens of Chrystie 's world and his own always traveled by the faster Overland Flyer . As he saw her approaching across the plaza his uneasy eye discerned from afar the fact that she was perturbed .