eleven o'clock
A few hours later he received a reply from the policeman , giving him an account of his adventure with Miss Edith Allandale and her escort . `` By heavens , she shall not thus escape me ! '' he exclaimed ; and at once made rapid preparations for a journey . Half an hour afterward he was on the eleven o'clock express train , in pursuit of the fair fugitive , in a state of mind that was far from enviable . When , after her interview with Edith , Mrs. Goddard went out to make her call , leaving her brother to keep watch and ward over their fair captive , she proceeded with all possible speed to the Copley Square Hotel , where she inquired for Mrs. Stewart . The elevator bore her to the second floor , and the pretty maid , who answered her ring at the door of the elegant suite to which she had been directed , told her that her mistress was engaged just at present , but , if madam would walk into the reception-room and wait a while , she had no doubt that Mrs. Stewart would soon be at liberty . `` Would madam be kind enough to give her a card to take in ? ''