midnight
William drove straight to the Grand Trunk terminus in St. Bonaventure street ; and , placing the ladies in a Pullman car , drove up to Sherbrooke street with the team , which he left , as directed , at the young gentleman 's residence . He proceeded along to St. Lawrence Main street , where he hailed a cab , and drove back to the terminus . Shortly after his return to the depot the train started , and in a few hours they reached Sherbrooke . It was considerably past midnight when they got to Mrs. Clarkson 's residence , so Miss Cuthbert remained with her till morning , doing all she could to alleviate her pain . Shortly after breakfast William called ; and as his sister-in-law was confined to her room , he considerately kept her company till Miss Cuthbert had gone home and obtained permission to remain a while longer with the disabled lady . There is nothing that tries a man 's heart so much as to see a woman -LRB- particularly a beautiful woman -RRB- in pain . The widow was aware of this , and so , although the sprain was purely accidental , and was not included in her programme , turned it to such good account that the poor bachelor was fairly hooked , and began to think seriously that he had got into an awkward fix .