ten minutes
after eleven
Danglar was at the Silver Sphinx now with the man he meant that she should help him murder , only -- only that plan would fail , because there would be no `` Bertha '' to lure the man to his death , and she , Rhoda Gray , had only to keep track of Danglar until somewhere , where he lived perhaps , she should have that final scene , that final reckoning with him alone . It was a long way to the Silver Sphinx , which she knew , as every one in the underworld , and every one in New York who was addicted to slumming knew , was a combination dance-hall and restaurant in the Chatham Square district . She tried to find a taxi , but with out avail . A clock in a jeweler 's window which she passed showed her that it was ten minutes after eleven . She had had no idea that it was so late . At eleven , Danglar had said . Danglar would be growing restive !