About nine o'clock in the morning
It was eight o'clock when the train had traversed the defiles of the Humboldt range , and half-past nine when it entered Utah , the region of the great Salt Lake and the curious Mormon territory . Showing how Passe-partout went through a Course of Mormon History , at the rate of Twenty Miles an Hour . During the night of the 5-6th December , the train kept in a south-easterly direction for about fifty miles , and then went up in a north-east course towards Salt Lake . About nine o'clock in the morning , Passe-partout went out upon the platform to get a breath of fresh air . The weather was cold and the sky was dull , but there was no snow falling then . The sun in the mist looked like an enormous disc of gold , and Passe-partout was calculating what it would be worth in English money , when he was disturbed by the appearance of a very curious personage . This individual , who had got into the train at Elko , was tall and of dark complexion , had a black moustache , wore black stockings , and black hat and clothes , except his necktie , which was white , and his gloves , which were dog-skin .