eleven o'clock
answered Eugenia , her fine eyes sparkling with delight . `` But stop , '' said he , `` now I think of it , I have an engagement which may possibly prevent me from attending it , as I would like to do with you , for I know you would enjoy it . Still , it may be that I can , and if so , I 'll call for you at the hotel . We can come home on the eleven o'clock train . '' So , ere Mr. Hastings departed , it was arranged that Eugenia and her mother should next morning go down with him to the city , and that in the evening he would , perhaps , accompany them to the concert . `` I am progressing fast , '' thought Eugenia , as she sat alone in her chamber that night , after Alice had retired , `` but still I wish he 'd come to the point , and not keep me in such suspense . I thought once he was going to , and I believe now he would if he had n't gone to thinking of Ella , and all that nonsense ; but never mind , he 's worth waiting for , with his fine house and immense wealth ; I sha n't care so much about Uncle Nat 's money then , though goodness knows I do n't want him turning up here some day and exposing me , as I dare say the meddlesome old thing would do . ''