three o'clock before
And then Mr. Worthington went away . I am able to cite one notable instance , at least , to disprove the saying a part of which is written above , and I have yet to hear of a case in which a gentleman ever hesitated a single instant on account of the first letter of a lady 's last name . I know , indeed , of an occasion when locomotives could not go fast enough , when thirty miles an hour seemed a snail 's pace to a young main who sat by the open window of a train that crept northward on a certain hazy September morning up the beautiful valley of a broad river which we know . It was after three o'clock before he caught sight of the familiar crest of Farewell Mountain , and the train ran into Harwich . How glad he was to see everybody there , whether he knew them or not ! He came near hugging the conductor of the Truro accommodation ; who , needless to say , did not ask him for a ticket , or even a pass . And then the young man went forward and almost shook the arms off of the engineer and the fireman , and climbed into the cab , and actually drove the engine himself as far as Brampton , where it arrived somewhat ahead of schedule , having taken some of the curves and bridges at a speed a little beyond the law .