about midnight
Aldous went at once to the station , and for the first time inquired into the condition that was holding back the Tête Jaune train . He found that a slide had given way , burying a section of track under gravel and rock . A hundred men were at work clearing it away , and it was probable they would finish by noon . A gang boss , who had come back with telegraphic reports , said that half a dozen men had carried Quade 's hand-car over the obstruction about midnight . It was seven o'clock when Aldous left for the Miette bottom . He believed that Joanne would be up . At this season of the year the first glow of day usually found the Ottos at breakfast , and for half an hour the sun had been shining on the top of Pyramid Mountain .