nine o'clock
Moved by a sudden irresistible impulse she flung reserve aside and decided to make an appeal to Braden . She would go to him and plead with him to spare himself instead of this rich old man . She would go down on her knees to him , she would humble and humiliate herself , she would cry out her unwanted love to him ... . At nine o'clock she was at his office . He was gone for the day , the little placard on the door informed her . Gone for the day ! In her desperation she called Simmy Dodge on the telephone .