midnight
And when she saw I meant it , she smiled -- and fainted . Well , instead of the ten o'clock train , I caught the twelve , which should have landed me here at five , but a series of delays , due to accidents ahead ; put us at seven . It was , I thought , too late to deliver my letter that evening , so I took a taxi here and had dinner . Then I paid a short visit to some friends at the Shoreham and returned shortly before midnight . I found two notices that I had been called on the telephone at 10:15 and 11:00 , by parties who declined to give their names or leave a call . This struck me as queer since no one knew of my being in town except my friends at the Shoreham . A moment after I entered my room , the telephone rang .