one o'clock
`` A few more hours , a few more hours , sir ! '' he said . He made a hearty supper , while the rest scalded their mouths with hot tea , which they forced with loathing to their lips . Some women who were washing the floor of the ladies ' waiting-room told them they must go into the men 's room , and wait there for their train , which was due at one o'clock . They obeyed , and found the room full of emigrants , and the air thick with their tobacco smoke . There was no choice ; Olive went in first and took the child on her lap , where it straightway fell asleep ; the Squire found a seat beside them , and sat erect , looking round on the emigrants with the air of being amused at their outlandish speech , into which they burst clamorously from their silence at intervals . Marcia stopped Halleck at the threshold .