eleven o'clock
Even the Tawdry One had disappeared , and Ideala was obliged to lay out the poor dear girl herself , and make her ready for decent burial . As soon as she could leave the place she went , escorted by the policeman , to the fever hospital to have her things fumigated . The risk of infection had not troubled her till she remembered the likelihood of taking it to others , but as soon as she thought of that she took the necessary precautions to prevent it . She sent a message from the hospital to her maid , telling her to pack up some things and meet her at the station in time for the mail at eleven o'clock that night . She had thought of some friends who lived a nine hours ' journey from her home , and had determined to go to them for a time . She wrote to her husband also from the hospital . `` The girl , Mary Morris , died of scarlet fever this afternoon in the house to which you sent her when you were tired of her , '' she said .