ten o'clock
An hour later he lay back in a luxurious chair in the smoking compartment of the California Limited , and gazed out of the windows at the vast desert plains through which they passed . His eyes had a far-away look in them , and ever and anon he sighed . Far up the Grand Cañon road late that evening Brady and his three companions still sat watching sadly for the stage which came not . There they had sat in the burning sun without food or water since ten o'clock that morning . They did not speak to each other , but occasionally they cursed , sometimes the birds , sometimes the inanimate things about them . At times they thought of Harrison -- but what their thoughts were no one will ever know . `` Pretty good cigar this , '' remarked the Cowboy .