ten o'clock
We 'll get to the depot before the train starts . We must intercept the rascal . '' It so happened that Professor Riccabocca had once before visited Knoxville , and remembered the location of the railroad station . Moreover , at the hotel , before the arrival of Philip , he had consulted a schedule of trains posted up in the office , and knew that one would leave precisely at ten o'clock . The impulse to leave town by this train was sudden . He had in his pocket the wallet containing the hundred and fifty dollars , of which a large part belonged to Philip , and could have settled at once , without the trouble of going upstairs to his room . He only asked leave to go up there in order to gain time for thought .