eleven o'clock
He also announced , with a magnanimity that put far into the background the fact that he owed them all at least two weeks ' salary , that everybody in the company would be provided with a first-class ticket for Chicago . There was nothing , except his scrupulous sense of honor , he managed to imply without saying it in so many words , to prevent his going off to Chicago all by himself and leaving them stranded here . But , though this might be good business , he was incapable of it . If they would all come down to the station at eleven o'clock , and sign a receipt discharging him from further obligations , he would see that their transportation was arranged for . It was just after this that Rose caught a glimpse of Dolly shivering in a corner , weeping into a soiled pocket-handkerchief . The fat girl with a cold supplied her with the explanation . Dolly 's chorus-man , it seemed , had already departed on an earlier train to St. Louis , where he lived , without taking any leave of her at all .