seven o'clock
`` But Lizzie has been chafing at the bit all day in the garage and I do n't mind a ride . Come on , Dad , let 's see what this bunk means . '' Stuart Lambert smiled assent . And at precisely seven o'clock when dusk was settling gently over the valley and the glory in the western sky was beginning to fade into pale heliotrope and rose tints Lizzie brought the two Lamberts to the crest of Sunset Hill where another car waited , a hired car from the Eagle garage . From the tonneau of the other car Harrison Cressy stepped out , somewhat ponderously , followed by some one else , some one all in white with hair that shone pure gold even in the gathering twilight . Phil made one leap and in another moment , before the eyes of his father and Carlotta 's , not to mention the interested stare of the Eagle garage chauffeur , he swept his far-away princess into his arms . There was no need of anybody 's trying to make Carlotta see .