eight o'clock
Could it be that `` Billie '' Winthrop , the man liked of all men , should love his sister , and -- that she should prefer Ernest Peabody ? He was deeply , loyally indignant . He determined to demand of his sister an immediate and abject apology . At eight o'clock on the morning of election day , Peabody , in the Scarlet Car , was on his way to vote . He lived at Riverside Drive , and the polling-booth was only a few blocks distant . During the rest of the day he intended to use the car to visit other election districts , and to keep him in touch with the Reformers at the Gilsey House . Winthrop was acting as his chauffeur , and in the rear seat was Miss Forbes .