11 P.M.
He had declared himself . The girl was reserved , but beaming . He had to leave his apparently more than half-acquiescent inamorata to whom he was an escort . At 11 P.M. he left her temporarily in charge of one Muggles , the curled darling and easily most imposing clerk among all those employed in the big `` emporium '' of the frontier town . He felt safe . Such a character as Molly Fleming could never be attracted by such a person as that scented floor-walker , even if he did chance to have a small interest in the concern and reasonably good prospects . He left them with equanimity ; he saw them together an hour later with just a shade of apprehension .