eleven o'clock
He was therefore given an opportunity to reflect , during a walk along the ties , upon his true relation to society . Another stop was made for a gentleman who had sent a Negro boy ahead to flag the train and notify the conductor that he would be along in fifteen or twenty minutes with a couple of lady passengers . A hot journal caused a further delay . These interruptions made it eleven o'clock , a three-hours ' run , before the train reached Carthage . The town was much smaller than Clarendon . It comprised a public square of several acres in extent , on one side of which was the railroad station , and on another the court house . One of the remaining sides was occupied by a row of shops ; the fourth straggled off in various directions .