eleven to twelve o'clock
This personage , who had taken the train at Elko , was tall and dark , with black moustache , black stockings , a black silk hat , a black waistcoat , black trousers , a white cravat , and dogskin gloves . He might have been taken for a clergyman . He went from one end of the train to the other , and affixed to the door of each car a notice written in manuscript . Passepartout approached and read one of these notices , which stated that Elder William Hitch , Mormon missionary , taking advantage of his presence on train No. 48 , would deliver a lecture on Mormonism in car No. 117 , from eleven to twelve o'clock ; and that he invited all who were desirous of being instructed concerning the mysteries of the religion of the `` Latter Day Saints '' to attend . `` I 'll go , '' said Passepartout to himself . He knew nothing of Mormonism except the custom of polygamy , which is its foundation . The news quickly spread through the train , which contained about one hundred passengers , thirty of whom , at most , attracted by the notice , ensconced themselves in car No. 117 .