six o’clock
Private Waugh declared then that Corporal Galna would be saying Sergeant Gellatly was n't a man at all , and wore earrings , and put his hair into papers ; and when he could find no further enlargement of sarcasm , consigned the Corporal to a fiery place of future torment reserved for lunatics . At this critical juncture Waugh was ordered to proceed to Inspector Jules . A few minutes after , he was riding away toward Soldier 's Knee , with the Inspector and another private , to capture Val Galbraith , the slayer of Snow Devil , while four other troopers also started off in different directions . It was six o'clock when Jen drew rein in the yard at Galbraith 's Place . Through the dank humours of the darkest time of the night she had watched the first grey streaks of dawn appear . She had caught her breath with fear at the thought that , by some accident , she might not get back before seven o'clock , the hour when her father rose . She trembled also at the supposition of Sergeant Tom awaking and finding his papers gone .