nine o'clock
She would telegraph to Royal Bryant at the first stop made by the train , ask him to meet her upon her arrival , and thus secure his protection against any plot that Emil Correlli might lay for her . The first stopping-place she knew was Framingham , a small town about twenty miles from Boston . The first time the conductor came through the car she asked him for a Western Union slip , when she wrote the following message and addressed it to Royal Bryant 's office on Broadway : `` Shall arrive at Grand Central Station , via . B. & A. R. R. , at nine o'clock . Do not fail to meet me . Important . `` EDITH ALLANDALE . ''