noon
He doubted if he could maintain a perfectly unmoved countenance while asking for it . He felt that his face would bear evidence to his wild greed . He heard , as he sat there , the whistle , then the rumble of a heavy freight-train a quarter of a mile distant , and at once he thought of the feasibility of going to New York for the chloroform . He looked at his watch and reflected that he had lost the noon train . He also reflected as to the possible suspicion which he might awaken of going to join his family , and making his final exodus from the town and his creditors . He placed his watch in his pocket , and his eyes fell on the electric-light fixture , with a red silk shade over the bulb , and at once his mind conceived the idea of his going somewhere on the trolley-cars . He thought of going to New Sanderson ; then dismissed that as not feasible .