six o'clock
After a visit to his camp Lestrange reappeared without the suffocating mask and cap , driving bareheaded , with only the narrow goggles crossing his face . The change left visible the drawn pallor of exhaustion under stains of dust and oil , his rolled-back sleeves disclosed the crimson bandage on his right arm and the fact that his left wrist was tightly wound with linen where swollen and strained muscles rebelled at the long trial . `` He 's been driving for nineteen hours , '' said Dick , climbing up to his party through the excited crowd . `` Two hours more to six o'clock . Listen to the mob when he passes ! '' The injunction was unnecessary . As the sun slanted low the enthusiasm grew to fever .