eleven o'clock
A quicker motion ; a darkening of the window ; a freight car standing upon a siding , close to the switch , as they passed by ; a sudden , dull blow , half unheard in the rumble of the train . Women , sitting behind , sprang up , -- screamed ; one dropped , fainting : they had seen a ghastly sight ; warm drops of blood flew in upon them ; the car was in commotion . Kenneth Kincaid , with an exclamation of horror , clutched hold of a lifeless body that fell -- was thrust -- backward beside him ; the poor head fractured , shattered , against the fatal window frame . * * * * * The eleven o'clock train came out . People came up the street , -- a group of gentlemen , three or four , -- toward Mr. Prendible 's house . Desire sat in a back window behind the blinds , busy . Mrs. Ledwith was lying on the bed .