eleven o'clock
She promised she would , and he departed , thoroughly satisfied with his visit among the great world . The day was spent as the other days , and after lunch Theodora escaped to her room . She must write her letter to Josiah for the afternoon 's post . She had discovered the train left at eleven o'clock . It did not take her long , this little note to her husband , and then she sat and stared into space for a while . The terrible reaction had begun . There was no more excitement , only the flatness , the blank of the days to look forward to , and that unspeakable sense of loss and void .