eleven o'clock
About Sophy 's throat was a slender , near-gold chain from which was suspended a cheap and glittering La Valliere . Sophy had not intended it as a sop to the conventions . It was an offering on the shrine of Fashion , and represented many lunchless days . At eleven o'clock one August morning , Louie came to Chicago from Oskaloosa , Iowa . There was no hay in his hair . The comic papers have long insisted that the country boy , on his first visit to the city , is known by his greased boots and his high-water pants . Do n't you believe them .