10:46
She put a gold piece down on the note . `` Keep the change , and for God 's sake get that to the Harvard , sailing from Dock 67 , before eleven ! '' she said . The girl , who had been pencilling a large `` 10:46 '' on the envelope , looked up in surprise ; but rose immediately to the occasion . Cherry 's beauty , her agonized eyes and voice , were enough to awaken her sense of the dramatic . A sharp rap of the clerk 's pencil summoned a boy . `` George , there 's a dollar in that for you if you deliver it before eleven to the Harvard ! ''