eleven o'clock
Please refund money at once or forward me without delay a consistent photograph of a ` special edition de luxe ' girl . `` Very truly yours . '' The letter was mailed by the janitor long before noon . Even as late as eleven o'clock that night Stanton was still hopefully expecting an answer . Nor was he altogether disappointed . Just before midnight a messenger boy appeared with a fair-sized manilla envelope , quite stiff and important looking . `` Oh , please , Sir , '' said the enclosed letter , `` Oh , please , Sir , we can not refund your subscription money because -- we have spent it .