three o'clock
`` How long shall we be in getting to Denver ? '' `` It will be fully a week , but there ai n't any saying to a day . The emigrant trains just jog along as they can between the freight trains and the fast ones , and get shunted off a bit to let the expresses pass them . '' Thanking the official for his advice , Tom took his ticket , registered his trunk , and then went out and strolled about the streets of New York until three o'clock . He took the advice as to provisions , and getting a small hamper laid in a stock of food sufficient for three or four days . The platform from which the train was to start was already occupied by a considerable number of emigrants , but when the train came up he was able to secure a corner seat . The cars were all packed with their full complement of passengers .