eleven o'clock
It was with difficulty that the deserted husband could refrain from the exhibition of undue surprise at such an unexpected question . `` I was over the river yesterday afternoon with a friend who was on his way to Philadelphia , '' added the man , `` and saw your lady in the cars . '' `` Good morning , '' said Mr. Lane , as he looked at his watch , and then turned away with a hurried manner . It was half-past eleven o'clock . At twelve a line started for the South . Lane was on board the steamboat when it left the dock . Six hours and a half of most intense anxiety were passed ere the unhappy man reached Philadelphia .