eleven o'clock
`` There are not many to look on , and they are in front of us , and I do n't care if the whole world sees me , '' Jack replied , passing his arm around her and drawing her close to him . `` You must not , right here in the car ; besides that , I have n't told you I would , '' she said , making an effort to free herself from him , as the porter began to light the lamps . He was satisfied with her answer , and kept his arm around her in the face of the porter , who was too much accustomed to such scenes to pay any attention to this particular one . He had spotted them as lovers from the first and was not surprised , but when eleven o'clock came and every berth was made up except that of Jack , who still sat with Eloise beside him , loath to let her go , the negro grew uneasy and anxious to finish his night 's work . `` Sir , '' he said at last to Jack , '' ` scuse me , but you might move into the gentlemen 's wash-room whiles I make up the berth ; it 's gwine on toward mornin ' . '' In a flash Eloise sprang up , and without a word went to her mother , who was sleeping quietly , just as she had left her three hours before . A lurch of the train awoke her , and , kneeling beside her , Eloise said to her , `` Mr. Harcourt has asked me to be his wife .