11 p.m.
Violet , when told of the scheme to go immediately to Washington and see her old friends , was more than `` pleased ; '' she was delighted . To show her baby to her more than mother , as she often called Mrs. Pendletime , would fill her soul with pride and joy . Very early the next morning Mr. Fabian and his party left the city by the express train en route for the national capital , leaving Mr. Clarence to go to North End and take charge of the works . They reached Baltimore at 11 p.m. , and remained over night . The next day they went on to Washington , where they arrived about noon , and went directly to the hotel where Captain and Mrs. Neville were staying . Violet , very much fatigued , lay down to rest and to get her baby to sleep at her bosom . Mr. Fabian , as we must continue from habit to call him , though his rightful style was now Mr. Rockharrt , went down to the reading room to send his own and his wife 's cards to Chief Justice and Mrs. Pendletime , and to collect Washington gossip .