six o'clock
As soon as he had left she sprang up and went out into the garden . The long and seemingly endless night was at least over , and surely with daylight they might hope for news of Margaret . The morning had broken cold and chilly , but the mist was sweeping away in great rolling clouds before a light easterly breeze that had sprung up at dawn . At six o'clock Geoffrey and Maud came home . Eleanor , who then was pacing up and down the drive , was the first to greet them , and her heart sank when , in answer to her eager look , they shook their heads . They had neither seen nor heard anything of Margaret . `` But no news is at least good news , '' said Geoffrey , quickly seeing how sick at heart she looked , and remembering the news with which he had returned the time before , she could not but agree with him there .