two o'clock
In Chattanooga ! He sprang from bed , dressed and went downstairs . It was late , but the proprietor of the hotel gave him breakfast , after some grumbling about people who had nothing to do but sleep . The train from Marietta did not leave until two o'clock , and as the hotel clock had just struck ten , Tom began to wonder what he should do with himself . For a half-hour he sat in the hotel watching the people who passed in and out . The sight of so many young men in civilian clothes reassured him , for it meant that there was less chance of being questioned by the military authorities . Finally he went out to the street .