five o'clock
Afterwards , when reflecting on the scene , I seemed to remember that there were tears in her eyes . I was not in a condition to appreciate her splendid sincerity . I was overwhelmed and inarticulate . I left her there , on the bench , and went back to George 's , announcing my intention of taking the five o'clock train ... . Maude Hutchins had become , at a stroke , the most desirable of women . I have often wondered how I should have felt on that five-hour journey back to the city if she had fallen into my arms ! I should have persuaded myself , no doubt , that I had not done a foolish thing in yielding to an impulse and proposing to an inexperienced and provincial young woman , yet there would have been regrets in the background .