eleven o'clock
After that Tom brought the bid home , and laid it on the shelf over her bed . Everything was now ready for the fight . The bids were to be opened at noon in the office of the brewery . By eleven o'clock the hangers-on and idlers began to lounge into the big yard paved with cobblestones . At half past eleven McGaw got out of a buggy , accompanied by Quigg . At a quarter to twelve Tom , in her hood and ulster , walked rapidly through the gate , and , without as much as a look at the men gathered about the office door , pushed her way into the room . Then she picked up a chair and , placing it against the wall , sat down .