nine o'clock
She did not care to take the woman into her complete confidence , although she seemed to be a very pleasant person . The black-eyed woman lent her a magazine during the evening , as the train rumbled on across New York State . She was friendly , but not too pressing in her attentions and certainly Janice was unsuspicious . At nine o'clock the porter began to arrange the berths . Janice went to the ladies ' room and found the foreign-looking woman there . As the girl , in her dressing-sack which she had taken out of her bag , combed out her hair , the sharp , black eyes of her fellow-passenger spied something . `` You carry something valuable there ? ''