six o'clock
asked Miss Morris , calmly , turning her glass to the stage . `` Was n't it pretty ? '' `` No , '' said Carlton -- `` not pretty enough . '' The ladies left the hotel the next day to take the Orient Express , which left Paris at six o'clock . They had bidden Carlton goodbye at four the same afternoon , and as he had come to their rooms for that purpose , they were in consequence a little surprised to see him at the station , running wildly along the platform , followed by Nolan and a porter . He came into their compartment after the train had started , and shook his head sadly at them from the door . `` Well , what do you think of this ? ''