eleven o'clock
Go in and give 'em a beating . '' Merrihew hastened over to the north table . This was , according to report , the table which had no suicide 's chair ; and Merrihew had his private superstitions like the rest of us . At eleven o'clock the banks closed , so he had but two hours in which to win a fortune . It was not possible for him to lose one ; in this the gods were with him . Meanwhile the trolleys from Nice and Mentone had poured into Monte Carlo their usual burdens of pleasure seekers . On one of the cars from Nice there had arrived two women , both veiled and simply gowned .