eleven o'clock
J. V. D. G. Archie was not permitted to enter the sick room , but from time to time he received assurances that the patient 's condition was `` satisfactory , '' and at intervals Dr. Reynolds recited with professional brevity data as to temperature , respiration and the like . A second nurse was imperatively needed , but when they were considering the danger of adding to the number of persons who knew that a wounded man was fighting for his life in the abandoned village , Mrs. Leary suggested Sally -- Sally who had been in tears from the moment the Governor was carried into the house . Dr. Reynolds accepted Sally on sight and the girl quickly adjusted herself to the routine of the sick chamber . At eleven o'clock Archie saw the Heart o ' Dreams launch approaching Huddleston and leaving Congdon to answer any call from the Governor 's bedside , hurried to meet it . Ruth and Isabel had crossed alone and their stress of mind and heart was manifest before they landed . `` I felt it ; I knew that it would come ! '' cried Ruth .