about nine o'clock
Dusk of that day had fallen before the word came to the deserted hotel . But when it did come , the lame doctor broke his evening office-hour without notice , and caught a train by thirty seconds . Two Persons of More Importance , and why they went to the Beach in October ; Miss Carlisle Heth , and how she met an unwelcome swain at Sea ; how this Swain could swim enough for one . Mr. Heth perused the Severe Arraignment of himself about nine o'clock , over his second cup of coffee . He perused with indignation ; but , being long since trained to keep a neat partition between downtown and uptown , he did not divulge his sentiments to the breakfast-table , and even carried the paper off with him to the office . By such demeanor , he abdicates our present notice . Mrs. Heth , hours later , bought a copy of the `` Post '' from a uniformed newsboy , to see what they had to say of the Associated Charities meeting on the evening preceding , and of her remarks in accepting the office of First Vice-President .